Just a note that direct beamforming is not necessarily worse than encoding/decoding, it can be used for example to approximate in an optimal (least-squares) sense the directional patterns of an ambisonic decoder for some target speaker setup.
I haven’t met personally the people in the company, but I’ve heard good things about them from colleagues who spoke with them in conferences, both about their enthusiasm and their technical knowledge. And a second higher-order microphone in the market other than the Eigenmike (and probably cheaper) doesn’t harm.. Regards, Archontis Politis > On 09 Apr 2016, at 14:02, Paul Hodges <pwh-surro...@cassland.org> wrote: > > --On 08 April 2016 18:14 +0200 Jörn Nettingsmeier > <netti...@stackingdwarves.net> wrote: > >> a casual glance over the site seems to suggest direct beamforming >> without an intermediate b-format. > > But note, in the FAQ (under VR): > "Audio is recorded in the higher order ambisonic format which allows > precise representation of the 3D audio scene." > > Paul > > -- > Paul Hodges > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
