Awww, come on, a bit of mental exercise is good for the soul! :-) :-)

Well, that said, (and this maybe a shock to those that know me) I'm
gradually moving towards the view that FuMa may have had its day. The only
remaining reason really is compatibility with with earlier materiel and
Soundfield mics and that can be dealt with conversion code, so long as
everything is properly documented.

    Dave

On 10 August 2016 at 22:27, Fons Adriaensen <f...@linuxaudio.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 11:53:33AM +0100, Richard Furse wrote:
>
> > Blue Ripple Sound are wondering about changing their TOA plugins from
> FuMa
> > to SN3D (ACN), see http://www.blueripplesound.
> com/story/consultation-sn3d.
> > Does anyone have strong feelings on this?
>
> Just do it.
>
> During the past months I've been explaining Ambisonics to some
> people who are going to work on HOA based applications. All of
> them are something like 20 years younger than FOA, and when they
> think about Ambisonics theory that means arbitrary order. To them,
> using anything but N3D, SN3D and ACN seems like a form of masochism.
> Maybe because I made them work out X-axis rotation with FuMa in and
> out as an exercise. None of them got it right.
>
> Ciao,
>
> --
> FA
>
> A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia.
> It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris
> and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow)
>
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As of 1st October 2012, I have retired from the University.

These are my own views and may or may not be shared by the University

Dave Malham
Honorary Fellow, Department of Music
The University of York
York YO10 5DD
UK

'Ambisonics - Component Imaging for Audio'
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