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On 27 March 2018 at 13:36, Augustine Leudar <augustineleu...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Learning Max would take much longer than learning Nuendo. Its not max for
> live perse but the standalone software max msp which predated max for live
> Im suggesting.
> I wouldnt try and use live for this and Logic doesnt have enough busses.
> What you are describing is the kind of work I do very often - Im afraid the
> learning curve would be quite steep as you need to learn new software. I
> would learn reaper.
>
> On 27 March 2018 at 13:32, Søren Bendixen <soerenbendi...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I could afford Nuendo, but are nervous about time for learning.
>> Max—is it max for live?
>> I work daily in Ableton Live, but guess max is a different thing.
>> Logic has 8 ch busses.
>>
>> > Den 27. mar. 2018 kl. 14.25 skrev Augustine Leudar <
>> augustineleu...@gmail.com>:
>> >
>> > PS I use Nuendo for sound design - but I understand your price concerns
>> -
>> > reaper would cover all these bases - I am unfamiliar with the bus
>> system in
>> > Logic. Amplitude panning is just your basic surround panner - in fact
>> the
>> > balance on your stereo is a form of amplitude panning. If you want a
>> really
>> > irregular speaker setup youll need max and know how to program it
>> (theres
>> > possibly other software available - thats just what I use)
>> >
>> > On 27 March 2018 at 13:22, Augustine Leudar <augustineleu...@gmail.com
>> <mailto:augustineleu...@gmail.com>>
>>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> 16 speakers etc ? I would use Reaper if you dont want to spend lots of
>> >> cash - its also very flexible. I use max for this stuff as its totally
>> >> bespoke. Pure data is a free version but a steep learning curve and I
>> dont
>> >> know waht the spatialisation tools are like.
>> >>
>> >> On 27 March 2018 at 13:17, søren Bendixen <soerenbendi...@gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Thanks
>> >>> And impressive work!
>> >>> Now I just need to now where to get vbap or another form of amplitude
>> >>> panning - plug-ins and a hint re. DAW (reaper I guess..)
>> >>> BR
>> >>> Søren Bendixen
>> >>>
>> >>> Sendt fra min iPad
>> >>>
>> >>>> Den 27. mar. 2018 kl. 11.32 skrev jack reynolds <
>> >>> jackreynolds...@gmail.com>:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> This is the first one i found, but it will give you an idea.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> J
>> >>>>
>> >>>> http://www2.spsc.tugraz.at/people/georgios/publications/pape
>> >>> rs/marentakis_2014c.pdf
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On 27 March 2018 at 10:27, Augustine Leudar <
>> augustineleu...@gmail.com>
>> >>>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> Sorry Im a bit busy so didnt read all. I did quite a similar project
>> >>> with
>> >>>>> two concentric rings of speakers one inside the other. My advice
>> would
>> >>> be
>> >>>>> to not use ambisonics but Vbap or some form of amplitude panning -
>> >>> sweet
>> >>>>> spot is less of an issue. I do a lot of walk around installations
>> and
>> >>>>> occasionally for museums,
>> >>>>> best,
>> >>>>> Gus
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On 27 March 2018 at 08:01, Jack Reynolds <jackreynolds...@gmail.com
>> >
>> >>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> As far as I know, higher order ambisonics over loudspeakers has a
>> >>> quite
>> >>>>>> confined sweet spot. Higher order spherical harmonics produce an in
>> >>> phase
>> >>>>>> and out of phase signal in opposite speaker pairs. So if you pan a
>> >>> signal
>> >>>>>> towards a particular speaker, the opposite speaker will produce a
>> >>> lower
>> >>>>>> level antiphase signal, which will work when you are positioned
>> >>>>> equidistant
>> >>>>>> from both speakers, causing a certain amount of nulling of the air
>> >>>>> pressure
>> >>>>>> at that spot, but positive particle velocity, like a figure 8 mic
>> >>>>> pattern.
>> >>>>>> So as you move around the room, the sonic image will change
>> because of
>> >>>>> the
>> >>>>>> opposite pairs of speakers.
>> >>>>>> It’s also very difficult to isolate a sound in a single speaker,
>> >>> unless
>> >>>>>> you are working at seventh order ambisonics, with a 64 channel
>> signal.
>> >>>>>> So I am wondering why you are considering ambisonics over vbap?
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> I use the Blue Ripple Sound third order ambisonic plug-ins in
>> Reaper
>> >>> and
>> >>>>>> have also been experimenting with the IEM seventh order plugins
>> which
>> >>>>> could
>> >>>>>> be worth experimenting with. Reaper and Nuendo are the only DAWs
>> which
>> >>>>> will
>> >>>>>> give you 64 channel busses for 7th order, and IEM have just
>> launched a
>> >>>>>> customisable speaker array decoding plugin. You can also try
>> MATHIAS
>> >>>>>> Kronlachers 7th order ambiX suite for binaural decoding at the same
>> >>> time.
>> >>>>>> They also free, so you could experiment for nothing!
>> >>>>>> PTHD has just updated to 16 channel busses but logic can only do
>> 8, so
>> >>>>>> first order only, which won’t give you much positional accuracy.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Hope this helps!
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Cheers
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Jack
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> On 27 Mar 2018, at 00:17, Søren Bendixen <
>> soerenbendi...@gmail.com>
>> >>>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Hello
>> >>>>>>> I need some advice!
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> I’ve been doing music/sounddesign for museums for a while now
>> (read:
>> >>>>>> https://www.asoundeffect.com/museum-sound-design/ <
>> >>>>>> https://www.asoundeffect.com/museum-sound-design/>). My next
>> project
>> >>>>>> could be the one using ambisonics!…
>> >>>>>>> I have never really used ambisonics but have been reading a lot
>> >>> lately,
>> >>>>>> and demoing plug ins - up til now only in headphones converting
>> stuff
>> >>> to
>> >>>>>> binaural.
>> >>>>>>> And in the next few days I´ll test some ambisonics over my
>> speakers.
>> >>> I
>> >>>>>> did that a while back and it sounded very cool.
>> >>>>>>> I have a studio with 8 ch out, 8 speakers (and a sub) - but hope I
>> >>> can
>> >>>>>> get my hands on 8 more channels and 8 more speakers.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> I have logic Pro x, ableton live 9 (upgrading soon..) and Reaper.
>> I
>> >>> do
>> >>>>>> most of my work in Logic Pro X, and would like to stay in Logic -
>> the
>> >>>>>> exhibition opens in less than three months…so digging deep into
>> >>> another
>> >>>>> DAW
>> >>>>>> is difficult.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> I’m a composer and I compose music and sounddesign.I tend to use
>> >>>>>> standard technical configurations in odd ways (parallel stereo,
>> some
>> >>>>>> sourround configs), Mostly it is ways of composing and arranging
>> every
>> >>>>>> sound as a part of a symphony. It do that in different ways - and I
>> >>>>> started
>> >>>>>> out working this way because I was asked to do 3
>> >>> compositions/sounddesign
>> >>>>>> playing in the same room - (please read the article from
>> >>> asoundeffect).
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Exhibition rooms are also often odd designs - and so is speaker
>> >>>>>> placement.
>> >>>>>>> But this time I have the possibility to work in 3 circles and
>> this is
>> >>>>>> what want to do:
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> - Inner circle: Speak in headphones + two sounddesigns: one
>> related
>> >>> to
>> >>>>>> the speak, the other layers from the sounddesign from the two other
>> >>>>>> circles. I want this sounddesign to be 3D/Binaural.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> - Middle circle: 8 speakers hanging from a rig about 4 - 5 meters
>> up
>> >>>>>> pointing down into the circle.(45 degrees i guess..). This
>> sounddesign
>> >>>>> will
>> >>>>>> consist of music, local sound related to object/themes in this
>> part of
>> >>>>> the
>> >>>>>> exhibition. This should be in ambisonics. some of this sounddesign
>> >>> will
>> >>>>>> appear in headphones as binaural sounds. I can be two different
>> >>>>> audiofiles
>> >>>>>> (managed by Qlab).
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> - Outer circle: 8 speakers placed on the walls - the room is
>> square
>> >>> but
>> >>>>>> we will try to create an illusion that it is circular by projecting
>> >>>>> movies
>> >>>>>> on the walls. Here I want another sounddesign consisting of mainly
>> >>> season
>> >>>>>> related sound (spring, summer, winter - storm, rain, wind, and just
>> >>> the
>> >>>>>> sound of a cold cold morning..).
>> >>>>>>> his sounddesign should be ambisonics too.
>> >>>>>>> If possible I would like sounds from ex. horses (or people
>> walking or
>> >>>>>> wind blowing) wander from the outer circle into the middle circle
>> and
>> >>>>> into
>> >>>>>> headphones. and back.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> The sounddesign/music from the middle circle and the outer circle
>> >>> will
>> >>>>>> blend (and should blend) and when you put on headphones you will
>> hear
>> >>>>>> layers of the middle and outer circle designs - so you never leave
>> >>> what I
>> >>>>>> call the overall sounddesign.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> So how do I do that..?
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> First I need to know: Is it true that Ambisonics does not “aim
>> for” a
>> >>>>>> sweet spot - Paul Virostek says it does (https://www.
>> >>>>>> creativefieldrecording.com/2017/03/01/explorers-of-
>> >>>>>> ambisonics-introduction/#more-16883 <https://www.
>> >>>>>> creativefieldrecording.com/2017/03/01/explorers-of-
>> >>>>>> ambisonics-introduction/#more-16883>) a lot says it doesn’t..?
>> >>>>>>> It is very importing to find out about, because an exhibition
>> crowd
>> >>>>>> walks around so a narrow sweet spot is no go.
>> >>>>>>> And my main reason for using ambisonics is that is believe it is
>> the
>> >>>>>> best format to create space/soundroom where you are ex. in the
>> middle
>> >>> of
>> >>>>> a
>> >>>>>> storm. or you walk around inside a composition/orchestra.I also
>> like
>> >>> the
>> >>>>>> idea that ambisonics is not depending on a fixed speaker
>> >>>>>> configuration..right?
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> So I want to create big spaces BUT the same sounddesign needs both
>> >>>>>> overall sound and local sound (sounds that stays in a specific
>> >>> position)-
>> >>>>>> and wandering sounds -  it seems to be possible too to blend an
>> >>> overall
>> >>>>>> ambisonic full circle of sound with local placed sounds in the same
>> >>>>> design…?
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> And what software do I need?
>> >>>>>>> I guess I need software that can deal with ambisonics files and
>> make
>> >>>>>> ambisonics files out of mono, stereo, surround files
>> >>>>>>> and software that can convert ambisonics sound into binaural sound
>> >>> for
>> >>>>>> headphones.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> I´m testing
>> >>>>>>> Noisemakers ambihead, and Ambipan (good stuff and working in logic
>> >>> too)
>> >>>>>>> DearVR music (and tomorrow testing DearVR pro for ambisonics
>> output)
>> >>> -
>> >>>>>> (sounds great and the panner is very good)
>> >>>>>>> And Logics own binarual output. (seems ok for binaural but misses
>> >>> some
>> >>>>>> automation)
>> >>>>>>> Wigware (seems ok but cannot work in logic)
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> I’m about to test
>> >>>>>>> Waves ambisonics B360 + NX
>> >>>>>>> Rondo360
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Everthing will run in sync controlled by Qlab - I guess Qlab can
>> >>> handle
>> >>>>>> ambisonics, right?
>> >>>>>>> I found this about Qlab and ambisonics but it involves Reaper
>> >>>>>> https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=161556 <
>> >>>>>> https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=161556>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> I’m used to do the different layers of sound design in different
>> >>>>>> sessions and combining them afterwards but this time I will try and
>> >>> make
>> >>>>>> all three in the same session…in logic.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> I also have sound particles but it is stand alone and I might use
>> for
>> >>>>>> some odd stuff.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> So - what do you recommend?
>> >>>>>>> And what do see as problems/issues?
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> I’m sorry for taking your (holliday) time but I need someone to
>> says:
>> >>>>>> Buy or get this software and do this - and you´re good :-)
>> >>>>>>> And I know I’m addressing my questions to a forum of people how
>> does
>> >>>>> far
>> >>>>>> more weird stuff than this :-)
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> I hope I’ve made myself clear. If not: tell me.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Med venlig hilsen/Best regards
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Søren Bendixen
>> >>>>>>> Composer/Sound Designer/Producer
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Winner of Monitor Industry Award 2016 for the exhibition
>> “Gladiator”,
>> >>>>> At
>> >>>>>> Moesgaard Museum
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> New album Music for exhibitions out 15 January 2017
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Company: Søren Bendixen & Anette Krag
>> >>>>>>> soerenbendi...@gmail.com
>> >>>>>>> +45 60624394
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>> Composer/Sound Designer/Producer
>>
>> Winner of Monitor Industry Award 2016 for the exhibition “Gladiator”, At
>> Moesgaard Museum
>>
>> New album Music for exhibitions out 15 January 2017
>>
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> On 27 March 2018 at 13:32, Søren Bendixen <soerenbendi...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> 👍
>>
>> > Den 27. mar. 2018 kl. 14.28 skrev Augustine Leudar <
>> augustineleu...@gmail.com>:
>> >
>> > PS there are more flexible forms of amplitude panning - but Im trying to
>> > keep it brief ! Fro circles Vbap the one I reckon.
>> >
>> > On 27 March 2018 at 13:25, Augustine Leudar <augustineleu...@gmail.com
>> <mailto:augustineleu...@gmail.com>>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> PS I use Nuendo for sound design - but I understand your price
>> concerns -
>> >> reaper would cover all these bases - I am unfamiliar with the bus
>> system in
>> >> Logic. Amplitude panning is just your basic surround panner - in fact
>> the
>> >> balance on your stereo is a form of amplitude panning. If you want a
>> really
>> >> irregular speaker setup youll need max and know how to program it
>> (theres
>> >> possibly other software available - thats just what I use)
>> >>
>> >> On 27 March 2018 at 13:22, Augustine Leudar <augustineleu...@gmail.com
>> >
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> 16 speakers etc ? I would use Reaper if you dont want to spend lots of
>> >>> cash - its also very flexible. I use max for this stuff as its totally
>> >>> bespoke. Pure data is a free version but a steep learning curve and I
>> dont
>> >>> know waht the spatialisation tools are like.
>> >>>
>> >>> On 27 March 2018 at 13:17, søren Bendixen <soerenbendi...@gmail.com>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> Thanks
>> >>>> And impressive work!
>> >>>> Now I just need to now where to get vbap or another form of amplitude
>> >>>> panning - plug-ins and a hint re. DAW (reaper I guess..)
>> >>>> BR
>> >>>> Søren Bendixen
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Sendt fra min iPad
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> Den 27. mar. 2018 kl. 11.32 skrev jack reynolds <
>> >>>> jackreynolds...@gmail.com>:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> This is the first one i found, but it will give you an idea.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> J
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> http://www2.spsc.tugraz.at/people/georgios/publications/pape
>> >>>> rs/marentakis_2014c.pdf
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On 27 March 2018 at 10:27, Augustine Leudar <
>> augustineleu...@gmail.com
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> Sorry Im a bit busy so didnt read all. I did quite a similar
>> project
>> >>>> with
>> >>>>>> two concentric rings of speakers one inside the other. My advice
>> >>>> would be
>> >>>>>> to not use ambisonics but Vbap or some form of amplitude panning -
>> >>>> sweet
>> >>>>>> spot is less of an issue. I do a lot of walk around installations
>> and
>> >>>>>> occasionally for museums,
>> >>>>>> best,
>> >>>>>> Gus
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> On 27 March 2018 at 08:01, Jack Reynolds <
>> jackreynolds...@gmail.com>
>> >>>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> As far as I know, higher order ambisonics over loudspeakers has a
>> >>>> quite
>> >>>>>>> confined sweet spot. Higher order spherical harmonics produce an
>> in
>> >>>> phase
>> >>>>>>> and out of phase signal in opposite speaker pairs. So if you pan a
>> >>>> signal
>> >>>>>>> towards a particular speaker, the opposite speaker will produce a
>> >>>> lower
>> >>>>>>> level antiphase signal, which will work when you are positioned
>> >>>>>> equidistant
>> >>>>>>> from both speakers, causing a certain amount of nulling of the air
>> >>>>>> pressure
>> >>>>>>> at that spot, but positive particle velocity, like a figure 8 mic
>> >>>>>> pattern.
>> >>>>>>> So as you move around the room, the sonic image will change
>> because
>> >>>> of
>> >>>>>> the
>> >>>>>>> opposite pairs of speakers.
>> >>>>>>> It’s also very difficult to isolate a sound in a single speaker,
>> >>>> unless
>> >>>>>>> you are working at seventh order ambisonics, with a 64 channel
>> >>>> signal.
>> >>>>>>> So I am wondering why you are considering ambisonics over vbap?
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> I use the Blue Ripple Sound third order ambisonic plug-ins in
>> Reaper
>> >>>> and
>> >>>>>>> have also been experimenting with the IEM seventh order plugins
>> which
>> >>>>>> could
>> >>>>>>> be worth experimenting with. Reaper and Nuendo are the only DAWs
>> >>>> which
>> >>>>>> will
>> >>>>>>> give you 64 channel busses for 7th order, and IEM have just
>> launched
>> >>>> a
>> >>>>>>> customisable speaker array decoding plugin. You can also try
>> MATHIAS
>> >>>>>>> Kronlachers 7th order ambiX suite for binaural decoding at the
>> same
>> >>>> time.
>> >>>>>>> They also free, so you could experiment for nothing!
>> >>>>>>> PTHD has just updated to 16 channel busses but logic can only do
>> 8,
>> >>>> so
>> >>>>>>> first order only, which won’t give you much positional accuracy.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Hope this helps!
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Cheers
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Jack
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> On 27 Mar 2018, at 00:17, Søren Bendixen <
>> soerenbendi...@gmail.com>
>> >>>>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Hello
>> >>>>>>>> I need some advice!
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> I’ve been doing music/sounddesign for museums for a while now
>> (read:
>> >>>>>>> https://www.asoundeffect.com/museum-sound-design/ <
>> >>>>>>> https://www.asoundeffect.com/museum-sound-design/>). My next
>> project
>> >>>>>>> could be the one using ambisonics!…
>> >>>>>>>> I have never really used ambisonics but have been reading a lot
>> >>>> lately,
>> >>>>>>> and demoing plug ins - up til now only in headphones converting
>> >>>> stuff to
>> >>>>>>> binaural.
>> >>>>>>>> And in the next few days I´ll test some ambisonics over my
>> >>>> speakers. I
>> >>>>>>> did that a while back and it sounded very cool.
>> >>>>>>>> I have a studio with 8 ch out, 8 speakers (and a sub) - but hope
>> I
>> >>>> can
>> >>>>>>> get my hands on 8 more channels and 8 more speakers.
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> I have logic Pro x, ableton live 9 (upgrading soon..) and
>> Reaper. I
>> >>>> do
>> >>>>>>> most of my work in Logic Pro X, and would like to stay in Logic -
>> the
>> >>>>>>> exhibition opens in less than three months…so digging deep into
>> >>>> another
>> >>>>>> DAW
>> >>>>>>> is difficult.
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> I’m a composer and I compose music and sounddesign.I tend to use
>> >>>>>>> standard technical configurations in odd ways (parallel stereo,
>> some
>> >>>>>>> sourround configs), Mostly it is ways of composing and arranging
>> >>>> every
>> >>>>>>> sound as a part of a symphony. It do that in different ways - and
>> I
>> >>>>>> started
>> >>>>>>> out working this way because I was asked to do 3
>> >>>> compositions/sounddesign
>> >>>>>>> playing in the same room - (please read the article from
>> >>>> asoundeffect).
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Exhibition rooms are also often odd designs - and so is speaker
>> >>>>>>> placement.
>> >>>>>>>> But this time I have the possibility to work in 3 circles and
>> this
>> >>>> is
>> >>>>>>> what want to do:
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> - Inner circle: Speak in headphones + two sounddesigns: one
>> related
>> >>>> to
>> >>>>>>> the speak, the other layers from the sounddesign from the two
>> other
>> >>>>>>> circles. I want this sounddesign to be 3D/Binaural.
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> - Middle circle: 8 speakers hanging from a rig about 4 - 5
>> meters up
>> >>>>>>> pointing down into the circle.(45 degrees i guess..). This
>> >>>> sounddesign
>> >>>>>> will
>> >>>>>>> consist of music, local sound related to object/themes in this
>> part
>> >>>> of
>> >>>>>> the
>> >>>>>>> exhibition. This should be in ambisonics. some of this sounddesign
>> >>>> will
>> >>>>>>> appear in headphones as binaural sounds. I can be two different
>> >>>>>> audiofiles
>> >>>>>>> (managed by Qlab).
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> - Outer circle: 8 speakers placed on the walls - the room is
>> square
>> >>>> but
>> >>>>>>> we will try to create an illusion that it is circular by
>> projecting
>> >>>>>> movies
>> >>>>>>> on the walls. Here I want another sounddesign consisting of mainly
>> >>>> season
>> >>>>>>> related sound (spring, summer, winter - storm, rain, wind, and
>> just
>> >>>> the
>> >>>>>>> sound of a cold cold morning..).
>> >>>>>>>> his sounddesign should be ambisonics too.
>> >>>>>>>> If possible I would like sounds from ex. horses (or people
>> walking
>> >>>> or
>> >>>>>>> wind blowing) wander from the outer circle into the middle circle
>> and
>> >>>>>> into
>> >>>>>>> headphones. and back.
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> The sounddesign/music from the middle circle and the outer circle
>> >>>> will
>> >>>>>>> blend (and should blend) and when you put on headphones you will
>> hear
>> >>>>>>> layers of the middle and outer circle designs - so you never leave
>> >>>> what I
>> >>>>>>> call the overall sounddesign.
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> So how do I do that..?
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> First I need to know: Is it true that Ambisonics does not “aim
>> for”
>> >>>> a
>> >>>>>>> sweet spot - Paul Virostek says it does (https://www.
>> >>>>>>> creativefieldrecording.com/2017/03/01/explorers-of-
>> >>>>>>> ambisonics-introduction/#more-16883 <https://www.
>> >>>>>>> creativefieldrecording.com/2017/03/01/explorers-of-
>> >>>>>>> ambisonics-introduction/#more-16883>) a lot says it doesn’t..?
>> >>>>>>>> It is very importing to find out about, because an exhibition
>> crowd
>> >>>>>>> walks around so a narrow sweet spot is no go.
>> >>>>>>>> And my main reason for using ambisonics is that is believe it is
>> the
>> >>>>>>> best format to create space/soundroom where you are ex. in the
>> >>>> middle of
>> >>>>>> a
>> >>>>>>> storm. or you walk around inside a composition/orchestra.I also
>> like
>> >>>> the
>> >>>>>>> idea that ambisonics is not depending on a fixed speaker
>> >>>>>>> configuration..right?
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> So I want to create big spaces BUT the same sounddesign needs
>> both
>> >>>>>>> overall sound and local sound (sounds that stays in a specific
>> >>>> position)-
>> >>>>>>> and wandering sounds -  it seems to be possible too to blend an
>> >>>> overall
>> >>>>>>> ambisonic full circle of sound with local placed sounds in the
>> same
>> >>>>>> design…?
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> And what software do I need?
>> >>>>>>>> I guess I need software that can deal with ambisonics files and
>> make
>> >>>>>>> ambisonics files out of mono, stereo, surround files
>> >>>>>>>> and software that can convert ambisonics sound into binaural
>> sound
>> >>>> for
>> >>>>>>> headphones.
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> I´m testing
>> >>>>>>>> Noisemakers ambihead, and Ambipan (good stuff and working in
>> logic
>> >>>> too)
>> >>>>>>>> DearVR music (and tomorrow testing DearVR pro for ambisonics
>> >>>> output) -
>> >>>>>>> (sounds great and the panner is very good)
>> >>>>>>>> And Logics own binarual output. (seems ok for binaural but misses
>> >>>> some
>> >>>>>>> automation)
>> >>>>>>>> Wigware (seems ok but cannot work in logic)
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> I’m about to test
>> >>>>>>>> Waves ambisonics B360 + NX
>> >>>>>>>> Rondo360
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Everthing will run in sync controlled by Qlab - I guess Qlab can
>> >>>> handle
>> >>>>>>> ambisonics, right?
>> >>>>>>>> I found this about Qlab and ambisonics but it involves Reaper
>> >>>>>>> https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=161556 <
>> >>>>>>> https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=161556>
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> I’m used to do the different layers of sound design in different
>> >>>>>>> sessions and combining them afterwards but this time I will try
>> and
>> >>>> make
>> >>>>>>> all three in the same session…in logic.
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> I also have sound particles but it is stand alone and I might use
>> >>>> for
>> >>>>>>> some odd stuff.
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> So - what do you recommend?
>> >>>>>>>> And what do see as problems/issues?
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> I’m sorry for taking your (holliday) time but I need someone to
>> >>>> says:
>> >>>>>>> Buy or get this software and do this - and you´re good :-)
>> >>>>>>>> And I know I’m addressing my questions to a forum of people how
>> does
>> >>>>>> far
>> >>>>>>> more weird stuff than this :-)
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> I hope I’ve made myself clear. If not: tell me.
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Med venlig hilsen/Best regards
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Søren Bendixen
>> >>>>>>>> Composer/Sound Designer/Producer
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Winner of Monitor Industry Award 2016 for the exhibition
>> >>>> “Gladiator”,
>> >>>>>> At
>> >>>>>>> Moesgaard Museum
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> New album Music for exhibitions out 15 January 2017
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>
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>> Moesgaard Museum
>>
>> New album Music for exhibitions out 15 January 2017
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