13 May
2012
13 May
'12
1:51 p.m.
On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Ivan Vican <Ivan.Vican(a)fer.hr> wrote:
Also, I have to say I'm confused with the whole
AMB plugins thing (I have
read papers where people claim they use both AMB plugins and Ambdec during
Ambisonics reproduction). What is their purpose?
The AMB plugins provide certain functionality that are needed to work with
ambisonics. The ambisonic decoder Ambdec will take B-format signals and
convert them to speaker feeds, but you need to produce B-format signals!
That's where the AMB plugins come in.
My most used plugin (for a 1st order project) is the "AMB order 1,1 mono
panner". It takes a mono input signal, and produces a 1st order B-format
signal. The azimuth (horizontal) and elevation (vertical) components can be
controlled using Ardour's automation.
I presume you've read Jorn Nettingsmeier's papers on doing ambisonics
productions? Just in case you haven't this is one of them: "A pop
production in ambisonics: Using ambisonics as a production format in ardour"
http://lac.linuxaudio.org/2010/papers/6.pdf
-Harry