A J Horsburgh

Looks cool.

Soun3d has partnered with SELEMCA to provide immersive audio solutions and R&D support to merge ambisonic 3D sound, virtual reality and actual reality in a social biking experience for patients with Altzheimer’s disease.

Is cool.

Scott Walker has had some of his works ‘spatialised’ and there’s some details on the late May – early June performances at the link below.

Here!

3D audio system (Raytheon) has been used for military training. The article below discusses the use, implementation and where it has helped in achieving a real immersion.

Link here.

Twitter has produced an infographic on the reception that Dolby Atmos has had this last 12 months. Over 100 screens have been installed and 35+ films have used the new format. Atmos is being projected to have a higher uptake than 5.1 did when it was released.

I’m skeptical but we’ll see after this next 12 months!

Image is here.

For those interested in MAX/MSP patches – Andreas Jonsson has released the motivations, methods and result of his ‘ambience’ patch.

It’s a lengthy article well worthy of a read.

The authors of one of my favourite books have produced a paper, and it’s been circulated for a while so I thought I’d feature an article on it.

Contained in the paper are a series of perceptual evaluations of six headphones. It makes for interesting reading, and you can do so here.

Today I found another link for the WFS system employed by the German pioneers Kraftwerk.

It’s here, and contains more detailed technical information than the d&b article previously posted.

Rode’s new innovative product adds to their existing peripherals for mobile recording using apple devices. The latest is a 16 microphone surround recording interface that looks cool and the features are even better.

I’ll be looking forward to seeing how this performs once it hits the open market!

d&b loudspeakers have released an article on the innovative use of the spatial audio format Wave Field Synthesis (WFS) for the German Techno group Kraftwerk.

Read it here.

The official Eurovision page has put up a tech diary for the construction of the massive production they require. It’s really detailed, includes loads of pictures and makes me jealous. Win all round.

Check it out here!