I use 16 speakers in a dual hexagon(up and down). I think that spacing at 45 degrees will give good results. I also space the two on each of the r walls of the room. I think the corners are bad because of the time differential between the speakers i.e. length of the radius from the center.
ThomasChen -----Original Message----- From: Augustine Leudar <gustar...@gmail.com> To: suso <s...@mchapman.com>; Surround Sound discussion group <sursound@music.vt.edu> Sent: Thu, May 1, 2014 9:41 am Subject: Re: [Sursound] Sound localisation techniques actually contact this guy he did exactly what you are saying in Max : http://www.romaindumaine.com/#/main also Nuendo new versions allow for it (amplitude panning based not ambisonics) Gus On 1 May 2014 17:35, Augustine Leudar <gustar...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would use four at ear height or a bit lower even and four in the corners > of the room or - a cube starting at ear height. However you could also mess > around with some of the DBAP (distance based amplitude panning) max > externals which let you tell the system where the speakers are and then pan > around them - you can have all sorts of weird and irregular speaker arrays > - no need to stay peripheral - depends what you want to do I guess: > > > > *http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/dbap-external/ > <http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/dbap-external/>* > by the way its easy to do exactly what you are suggesting with > ICSTsambipanning~ or any panner which allows for multiple soundsources and > recordable trajectories (automation) > *. * > enjoy ! > Gus > > > On 29 April 2014 05:09, Michael Chapman <s...@mchapman.com> wrote: > >> > Hello all, >> > >> > I'm looking into experimenting with live 3D panning of sound tracks >> from a >> > DAW. The tracks will not be in B-format as I do not have a soundfield >> mic. >> > I have 8 identical M-audio AV 40 speakers which I will be driving >> through >> > an interface and Max/MSP code ( >> > http://www.icst.net/research/projects/ambisonics-tools/). >> > >> The comment has already been made: You don't need a mic to make digital >> audio ... >> For ambisonics, anything other than first order must (almost) certainly >> have been created (with or without mics). >> >> > I'm primarily interested in taking a mix for my speaker array and being >> > able to tilt / rotate / reflect etc. all of the tracks simultaneously. >> > >> That sounds like ambisonics, >> but I would (for ambisonics) phrase it as: Making a mix fo any speaker >> array, being able to tilt, etc., and being able to listen to the result on >> 'any' array ... including my own. >> >> > - Any advice on speaker placement for 8 speakers in a small bedroom? I'm >> > currently thinking the 6 corners of a cube and then left and right on >> the >> > wall at ear level. >> > >> Think we'd need to see the bedroom .... or at least hear about it .... >> >> Eight sounds like the corners of a cube (you mention six ... that would be >> the faces, and not as 'simple' to deal with (nor (?) anything like as >> good)). >> >> > - Are ambisonics techniques the best/only way to do this given that I >> > don't >> > have B-format? >> > >> Everyone with a computer 'has' B-format ;-)> >> >> > - Any references that would be good for a newbie to read? My background >> is >> > in math and programming, so technical material is fine. >> > >> >> Good luck, >> >> Michael >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sursound mailing list >> Sursound@music.vt.edu >> https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound >> > > > > -- > 07812675974 > -- 07812675974 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20140501/6c342c8c/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20140505/5f43c568/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
