I once spent two days trying to understand the mapping of a 32 (periphonic) speaker rig, as there were 3 different speaker numbering 'conventions' in use, by 3 different parties: one used counterclockwise numbering of 'slices' - middle, top, bottom, another used a similar system but clockwise, and another used weird kind of helical 'start at the top, downwards in stripes', kind of system. Each party thought their system was logical and obvious, so it didn't need documenting. Trying to understand what was actually wired to what was a comical nightmare.
Dr. Peter Lennox Senior Lecturer in Perception College of Arts University of Derby, UK e: p.len...@derby.ac.uk t: 01332 593155 https://derby.academia.edu/peterlennox https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter_Lennox -----Original Message----- From: Sursound [mailto:sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu] On Behalf Of Dave Malham Sent: 17 November 2016 11:10 To: Surround Sound discussion group <sursound@music.vt.edu> Subject: Re: [Sursound] Speaker numbering Your second layout is what I always tended to do when I had control of the numbering but when working in a venue other than your own you often don't. Personally, I'm not sure about "standards" for something as variable as a multispeaker array since I would ALWAYS want to check that they really, really were connected to the standard - I have been caught out too many times over the years :-( Dave PS Actually, I would usually check my own rig, just in case someone had played silly buggers with the leads since last time I used it. Like I said, been caught out too many times.... On 16 November 2016 at 22:12, Augustine Leudar <augustineleu...@gmail.com> wrote: > How do you number you arrays - there seems to be two ways I've come > across.. Using the example of an octophonic array The first way seems > to be circular : > > 1 2 > 8 3 > 7 4 > 6 5 > > The other way is as follows : > > 1 2 > 3 4 > 5 6 > 7 8 > > There doesnt seem to be an standard way of doing this - I was curious > as to how other sursounders number their speakers ? > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > scrubbed... > URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/ > attachments/20161116/493aaff8/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. > -- 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' -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20161117/5bf90225/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. The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and reserves the right to monitor email traffic. If you believe this was sent to you in error, please reply to the sender and let them know. Key University contacts: http://www.derby.ac.uk/its/contacts/ _______________________________________________ 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.
