Thats fair enough - I think they'd be quite useful if you were making a film soundtrack though !
On 9 February 2016 at 23:07, Martin Dupras <martindup...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ah, but my objection is that those are proprietary systems, and I > would much rather not use any. Part of the appeal of Ambisonics for me > is that it's freely usable by all and no licensing is necessary. > > That's actually really very important to me, I'm afraid. I have no > issue in principle using commercial software that decodes something > that is an open format; I do have issue being locked into a format or > protocol that is not in the hands of the public. > > - martin > > > On 9 February 2016 at 23:04, Augustine Leudar <augustineleu...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I understand - most of my stuff is site specific so thus my views. If > > scalability and portability are important to you - you might also want to > > check out Dolby and DTS's competing new object based 3D audio software - > > no idea how easy it is to get your hands on Dolbys - but DTS should be > > approachable. DTS say their system lets you put in the speaker array map > > and then the file adjusts to the array - so one file is compatable with > > multiple arrays., not sure about Dolbys. > > > > On 9 February 2016 at 22:59, Martin Dupras <martindup...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> I have found amplitude planning effective in some circumstances, but I > >> find that it's not portable, e.g. I can't deploy the same to a > >> different speaker arrangement, and I can't scale it down to a smaller > >> array while composing, among other issues. > >> > >> I did funnily enough do some basic experiments with Distance-Based > >> Amplitude Panning with reasonably good results, I just haven't gone > >> much further. I've used it in some site-specific installation work to > >> good effect, but again it didn't strike me as being particularly > >> scalable or portable, hence why Ambisonics is still my first choice. > >> > >> - martin > >> > >> > >> On 9 February 2016 at 22:47, Augustine Leudar < > augustineleu...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > I have found amplitude panning to be more effective for some > >> applications. > >> > > >> > On 9 February 2016 at 22:42, Martin Dupras <martindup...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> >> > Out of curiosity - can I ask why you want to use ambisonics as > >> opposed to > >> >> > other spatial audio techniques ? > >> >> > >> >> I'm not sure how to answer. What other techniques did you have in > >> >> mind? The reasons are several: I understand at least to some extent > >> >> Ambisonics, and I have some (but limited) experience doing it in a > >> >> planer array; Ambisonics are flexible and scalable; compatible with > >> >> some B-format that my colleagues and I have realised already and will > >> >> create in the near future; and can be implemented in the software > that > >> >> I use (largely PureData and SuperCollider.) > >> >> > >> >> I don't really see which techniques seriously compete with > Ambisonics, > >> >> but I'll very happily check them out if you point me to them. > >> >> > >> >> - martin > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> Sursound mailing list > >> >> Sursound@music.vt.edu > >> >> https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe > here, > >> >> edit account or options, view archives and so on. > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > www.augustineleudar.com > >> > -------------- next part -------------- > >> > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > >> > URL: < > >> > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20160209/1b5482ff/attachment.html > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Sursound mailing list > >> > Sursound@music.vt.edu > >> > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe > here, > >> edit account or options, view archives and so on. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Sursound mailing list > >> Sursound@music.vt.edu > >> https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, > >> edit account or options, view archives and so on. > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > www.augustineleudar.com > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: < > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20160209/71d2682f/attachment.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sursound mailing list > > Sursound@music.vt.edu > > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, > edit account or options, view archives and so on. > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, > edit account or options, view archives and so on. > -- www.augustineleudar.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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