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:
>>
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