Lecture 5: Immersive Recording
Lecture 8: Loudness and Mastering
Sennheiser Ambeo A-to-B format converter - you'll need this for any Ambisonic recordings we do this semester.
Facebook360 Spatial Audio Workstation
You may have trouble with this one, but it's worth trying to figure out if you can. This Facebook group still offers limited support. A shame that Meta have decided not to support it any longer, but QCC's computers still run it as of this writing.
Paid alternatives include AudioEase 360, Blue Ripple Sound, and DearVR Pro.
The Stereophonic Zoom - landmark paper by BBC engineer Michael Williams which does a deep dive on how to create stereophonic recording arrays. Also has implications for Surround Sound.
Mid Side Recording - blog post discussion the basics of Mid/Side recording.
Mid Side processing - blog post discussing some M/S processing tips at the mastering stage.
Resources on Ambisonics - old site, but lots of good stuff.
Book on Ambisonics by Franz Zotter and Matthias Frank.
Zylia's free webinars for more info on their system.
Into the Soundfield mini-documentary
5.1 Surround Technical Recommendations:
Mixing
Some basic surround recording techniques:
Role of Pinna in Localisation by D.W. Batteau.
Intro to Binaural from Sound on Sound.
Important Paper from Sennheiser about the conception and use of the Orbit plug-in, which you will know as the "DearVR Micro".
Basics of PCM:
A video showing how a Delta Sigma converter works:
Week 4: Surround Sound and Intro to Immersive:
Atmos may be the latest thing, but 5.1 is still the de facto standard.
AES/ITU: Multichannel Surround Sound Systems and Operations (2001)
NARAS: Recommendations for Surround Sound Production
Mixing in Surround - Sonic Scoop
Week 5: Surround Recording
M/S Techniques for Stereo and Surround
Charts showing Williams and INA 5 Surround arrays
Multichannel natural music recording based on psychoacoustic principals - one of the most comprehensive papers ever written on the topic of surround sound recording.
Stereo Technique for Augmented Ambience Gradient by David J. Tagg and Kevin Fallis
Hauptmikrofon.de - some resources on the latest recording techniques for stereo and 3D.
Week 6: Binaural
Week 7: Digital Audio
Week 8: Mastering and loudness:
Bob Katz's mastering articles and demos - from the guy that literally wrote the book on mastering
Music Loudness Alliance - a group you should pay attention to as things progress.
AES Recommendations for loudness of streaming audio and network playback
ATSC A/85 standard - it's the law of the land!
Understanding Loudness Units:
Dolby's tutorial series: Dolby Atmos tutorial videos
BerkleeNYC 360 Cinematic VR Playlist - some of the amazing work being done by Glenn Forsythe and his crew at Power Station.
Soundfield "Spem in Alium 360 recording - this blog post goes into some detail about how the video was recorded and produced.