Im assuming the answer to this will be in the decoding ? On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 at 14:37, Augustine Leudar <augustineleu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Steve, > An interesting proposal. You'll excuse perhaps my misunderstanding here, > but my understanding was that ambisonics A format consists of a omni plus > x,y,z to give 4 signals that are then converted to b format . I built my > own ambisonics mic and decoder once a long time ago so perhaps things have > changed, I think I put Left + & - right = x Front + & - Back = y Top + & - > bottom = z All summed * 0.257 = w into my decoder. . Anyway I digress - > this basically will give you a sounds position in 3D space , or at least on > the surface of a sphere proximity not being so well recreated. So if you > had say, 8 ambisonics mics pointed in 8 different directions ,in order to > record that small 8th of a sphere (or in this case cube) in the direction > they are pointed in (which is what the ORTF does) - how would this work if > the decoder if a format gives spherical coordinates rather than an 8th of a > sphere/cube (hope this makes sense), and with the capsules pointing in all > directions... ? > cheers > Gus > > On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 at 11:43, Steven Boardman <boardroomout...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Gus >> >> For even better polar pattern control, you could use ambisonic mics in an >> ORTF. >> Schoeps won’t have better polar patterns than a well calibrated ambisonic >> mic. So in theory the ORTF array would produce a better spatial image. >> If you have enough channels and your budget is good, why not use 8 >> ambisonic mics? >> Or if you used something like Harpex, maybe you could synthesise spaced >> pairs and only use 4… >> You would still be below Schoeps ORTF budget as well….:) >> >> Steve >> >> >> >> > On 21 Oct 2020, at 10:05, Augustine Leudar <augustineleu...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > Hi Justin >> > Because it doesnt use ambisonics and instead uses a kind of recording >> that >> > I've been trying to develop for years which should mean there is no or >> at >> > least a much reduced sweets spot and better localisation >> > >> > On Wednesday, 21 October 2020, Justin Bennett <j...@bmbcon.demon.nl> >> wrote: >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. >> > > > -- > Artist website: www.augustineleudar.com > Business website: www.magikdoor.net > > > -- Artist website: www.augustineleudar.com Business website: www.magikdoor.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20201021/215d8e1b/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ 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.
