http://www.ambisonia.com Syndication of ambisonia's ambisonic content as bittorrent files. en-uk Plone CMS Etienne Deleflie chapman@mchapman.com (Michael Chapman) Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:43:09 -0400 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/michael/ambisonicfile.2008-07-05.2994956247 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/michael/ambisonicfile.2008-07-05.2994956247 A voice speaks "Up Left Front" through to "Down Right Back". A test piece for periphonic rigs, functional but apologies for the recording quality (noise and some volume variation). The simple software that created the file is published, so you should easily be able to change the quality, the voice, the language ... (For the software see http://mchapman.com/amb/soft/positions/.) To answer the criticism of 'autosuggestion' a version with "A is for Ambisonics" through to "Z is for ..." is in production. (For the adventurous and/or supernatural user, there is a four dimensional version at http://mchapman.com/amb/hyper/.) Grateful acknowledgements to Aaron Heller's original "Eight-Directions" (2007-05-29.7251031563). vila_nestor@hotmail.com (Henry J. Walmsley) Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:43:12 -0400 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/Henry/ambisonicfile.2008-06-29.0770975119 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/Henry/ambisonicfile.2008-06-29.0770975119 "Accelerate," in unabashed techno-pop mode. pwh-ab@cassland.org (Paul Hodges) Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:29:45 -0400 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/pwhodges/ambisonicfile.2008-06-26.0230670841 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/pwhodges/ambisonicfile.2008-06-26.0230670841 Brahms's Zigeunerlieder for chorus and piano were a late composition. Unlike in the Hungarian Dances, the Hungarian musical elements are hinted at rather than explicit. This recording with the Cherwell Singers was made in the recently built Jacqueline du Pr? Music Building in Oxford. The sound is extremely dry and analytical. There was a gale blowing, and although we couldn't hear it, there were obviously big drafts in the hall, which produce obvious rumble, because I don't normally use a windshield indoors... Or maybe it's someone kicking the floor. pwh-ab@cassland.org (Paul Hodges) Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:29:27 -0400 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/pwhodges/ambisonicfile.2008-06-26.8884245833 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/pwhodges/ambisonicfile.2008-06-26.8884245833 Stanford is best known for his church music (Stanford in Bb; Beati quorum via), but was in fact the most notable British composer (along with Sullivan) immediately preceding Elgar. He wrote several sets of songs on nautical themes. These songs were intended for performance with orchestra. This recording with the Cherwell Singers was made in the recently built Jacqueline du Pr? Music Building in Oxford. The sound is extremely dry and analytical. There was a gale blowing, and although we couldn't hear it, there were obviously big drafts in the hall, which produce obvious rumble, because I don't normally use a windshield indoors... Or maybe it's someone kicking the floor. pwh-ab@cassland.org (Paul Hodges) Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:28:51 -0400 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/pwhodges/ambisonicfile.2008-06-26.4491025308 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/pwhodges/ambisonicfile.2008-06-26.4491025308 The Five Mystical Songs contain some of the best-known Vaughan Williams (The Call; Let all the World in Every Corner Sing). They were published with both piano (as here) and orchestral accompaniment. This recording with the Cherwell Singers was made in the recently built Jacqueline du Pr? Music Building in Oxford. The sound is extremely dry and analytical. There was a gale blowing, and although we couldn't hear it, there were obviously big drafts in the hall, which produce obvious rumble, because I don't normally use a windshield indoors... Or maybe it's someone kicking the floor. hpyle@cabezal.com (Hugh Pyle) Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:07:42 -0400 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/hughpyle/ambisonicfile.2008-06-24.9593085147 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/hughpyle/ambisonicfile.2008-06-24.9593085147 Solo guitar. This is a "studio-like" recording: fairly closely mic'd, quite a dead room (although the little room reverberation is nice). http://myspace.com/chriskeatingmusic/ john@johnleonard.co.uk (John Leonard) Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:33:39 -0400 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/soundmanjohn/ambisonicfile.2008-04-21.4810344673 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/soundmanjohn/ambisonicfile.2008-04-21.4810344673 Please note that this recording is included purely for the sake of interest; i.e. this is what happens when you position a microphone about fifty feet away from the front of a WWI field gun firing blank charges. It's not meant to be a great recording, but it does show how well the microphone can cope with that sort of abuse. This is a recording of the six guns firing in order. You can hear how the initial pressure wave diminishes as the distance and angle increases. High level playback will probably harm your speakers - don't blame me! john@johnleonard.co.uk (John Leonard) Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:34:08 -0400 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/soundmanjohn/ambisonicfile.2008-04-21.0027569758 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/soundmanjohn/ambisonicfile.2008-04-21.0027569758 The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery fire off gun salutes on various occasions in London's Royal Parks. Today was Queen Elizabeth II's official birthday and I popped down to Hyde Park with the TetraMic to grab a few gun-shots. Unfortunately, there were rather more security people than usual around and I was moved from place to place until I was right in front of the guns at a distant of about sixty feet. This is not good as the pressure wave effectively records as a DC pulse and comes out as a click. There are six cannons and the last two produce sounds that are just about usable. In this recording, I've taken six of the furthest gunshots and joined them together, with a quick-ish fade at the end. But be warned, there's a LOT of LF in this recording. john@johnleonard.co.uk (John Leonard) Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:30:47 -0400 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/soundmanjohn/ambisonicfile.2008-04-14.9034658665 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/soundmanjohn/ambisonicfile.2008-04-14.9034658665 First recording using a Core-Sound TetraMic and a new, as yet unreleased, audio interface. The Orfeo Trio is Lucy Jeal, violin, Simon Brown, viola and Alexander Somov, 'cello. This was a pre-concert run-through for a small invited audience in a North London church which is shared with a nursery school, hence the occasional small child. The piece is the second movement of Beethoven's Trio in C Minor, Opus 9 No.3. I think it shows off both microphone and interface in a rather good light, as well as the trio. hpyle@cabezal.com (Hugh Pyle) Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:24:58 -0500 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/hughpyle/ambisonicfile.2008-03-27.2041929603 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/hughpyle/ambisonicfile.2008-03-27.2041929603 Erinn Brown (gtr & vox), joined by Billy Craig on harmonica, live at the Landing, Manchester-by-the-sea, Mass. Saturday night, there's a big crowd squeezing into the front bar - food, drink, friendly chatter (*lots* of chatter). And some great music... http://www.erinnbrown.com/ john@johnleonard.co.uk (John Leonard) Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:50:40 -0500 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/soundmanjohn/ambisonicfile.2008-03-19.8980586326 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/soundmanjohn/ambisonicfile.2008-03-19.8980586326 I was set up to record a Mark IX Spitfire at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford, near Cambridge when an announcement came over the PA system that a couple of Chinook helicopters would be carrying out a "Tactical Landing"... Well, why am I telling you this? You can hear for yourselves: the PA announcement comes mainly from the left and slightly to the rear with a lot of excellent bounce-back from assorted hangars. Some kids run up to watch the fun and the two Chinooks duly arrive from the left and depart to the right, with more bounce from the rear. Rather nice, I think. Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:53:22 -0500 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/Henry/ambisonicfile.2008-03-18.7112603441 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/Henry/ambisonicfile.2008-03-18.7112603441 An original electronic composition from Nikmis in Canada with Ambisonic mix by Henry Walmsley. http://www.myspace.com/nikmisnikmis http://www.myspace.com/ambitunes Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:52:48 -0500 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/Henry/ambisonicfile.2008-03-18.6515723380 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/Henry/ambisonicfile.2008-03-18.6515723380 An original electronic composition from Nikmis in Canada with Ambisonic mix by Henry Walmsley. http://www.myspace.com/nikmisnikmis http://www.myspace.com/ambitunes Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:52:23 -0500 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/Henry/ambisonicfile.2008-03-18.5465751564 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/Henry/ambisonicfile.2008-03-18.5465751564 An original electronic composition from Nikmis in Canada with Ambisonic mix by Henry Walmsley. http://www.myspace.com/nikmisnikmis http://www.myspace.com/ambitunes Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:51:48 -0500 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/Henry/ambisonicfile.2008-03-18.4502782834 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/Henry/ambisonicfile.2008-03-18.4502782834 An original electronic composition from Nikmis in Canada with Ambisonic mix by Henry Walmsley. http://www.myspace.com/nikmisnikmis http://www.myspace.com/ambitunes Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:51:06 -0500 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/Henry/ambisonicfile.2008-03-18.8936969591 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/Henry/ambisonicfile.2008-03-18.8936969591 "Silver" by Nikmis, Ambisonics by Henry. shelf filters, ambisonic decoders Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:27:09 -0500 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/Henry/ambisonicfile.2008-03-12.9316137256 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/Henry/ambisonicfile.2008-03-12.9316137256 "Canom" by Nikmis, Ambisonic mix by Henry. Another original electronic piece from Canada. shelf filters, ambisonic decoders Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:29:06 -0500 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/Henry/ambisonicfile.2008-03-12.8122096706 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/Henry/ambisonicfile.2008-03-12.8122096706 "Mexico" by Nikmis, Ambisonic mix by Henry. I think that all of these Nikmis electronic compositions are very good and benefit from the Ambisonic treatment even if just listening in UHJ stereo on headphones. vila_nestor@hotmail.com (Henry J. Walmsley) Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:43:17 -0500 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/Henry/ambisonicfile.2008-03-11.2187202243 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/Henry/ambisonicfile.2008-03-11.2187202243 "Farse" by Nikmis, Ambisonic mix by Henry J. Walmsley http://www.myspace.com/nikmisnikmis and http://www.myspace.com/ambitunes vila_nestor@hotmail.com (Henry J. Walmsley) Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:40:53 -0500 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/Henry/ambisonicfile.2008-03-11.8014515736 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/Henry/ambisonicfile.2008-03-11.8014515736 Besling by Nikmis, Ambisonic mix by Henry Walmsley. http://www.myspace.com/nikmisnikmis and http://www.myspace.com/ambitunes This is the second in a series of original compositions from Canada rendered on analogue synth and Ambisonically mixed in England. pwh-ab@cassland.org (Paul Hodges) Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:35:25 -0500 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/pwhodges/ambisonicfile.2008-03-04.8152230481 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/pwhodges/ambisonicfile.2008-03-04.8152230481 Dubois "Seven Last Words of Christ" is not a great work, but has a degree of popularity in some areas, rather like Stainer's "The Crucifixion". These four chunks give an opportunity to hear various combinations of organ, harp and timps; and in the last chunk, representing the earthquake after the death of Jesus, a tam-tam which obliterates everything else (in real life, not just the recording) - I would be interested to know if anyone can play this convincingly! Oh, and you hear the Cherwell Singers at one point. pwh-ab@cassland.org (Paul Hodges) Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:36:17 -0500 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/pwhodges/ambisonicfile.2008-03-03.9978500607 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/pwhodges/ambisonicfile.2008-03-03.9978500607 Performed by the Cherwell Singers, in Exeter College Chapel, Oxford. This motet is the last of many that Bruckner wrote. pwh-ab@cassland.org (Paul Hodges) Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:29:47 -0500 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/pwhodges/ambisonicfile.2008-03-03.2558688512 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/pwhodges/ambisonicfile.2008-03-03.2558688512 Performed by the Cherwell Singers in Exeter College Chapel, Oxford, with organ, timps and harp. This is one of the last pieces that Verdi wrote. hpyle@cabezal.com (Hugh Pyle) Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:35:15 -0500 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/hughpyle/ambisonicfile.2008-02-28.2523518346 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/hughpyle/ambisonicfile.2008-02-28.2523518346 Jesse Ciarmataro (keys) and Dennis Monagle (drums) [The Resonance, minus their wonderful bassist] at the Edgewater Cafe, Salem, under a total eclipse. Feel it. Wurlitzer keys hard left. Korg microbass slightly left, just to the right of the kick drum. Drums spread from mid to right. Vocals through the PA, upper hard right (you can occasionally hear some direct vocals too). 48kHz. http://www.myspace.com/jessecmusic hpyle@cabezal.com (Hugh Pyle) Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:52:04 -0500 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/hughpyle/ambisonicfile.2008-02-07.5324814796 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/hughpyle/ambisonicfile.2008-02-07.5324814796 Headshaft (http://www.myspace.com/headshaft) is the house band at Dodge Street (http://dodgestreet.com/schedule). Tonight: Benny on drums, Jeremy on keys, and Justin on guitar. File under "fusion". 96kHz. Unmastered: no EQ, no compression. Unfortunately I forgot to bring a camera. (http://halfbricking.com) Monday nights are pretty quiet. But the music's loud and good. shelf filters, ambisonic decoders Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:10:00 -0500 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/Henry/ambisonicfile.2008-02-06.0850467492 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/Henry/ambisonicfile.2008-02-06.0850467492 I found some lovely Baroque electronically rendered music on Myspace by a chap from Canada who goes by the pseudonym of Nikmis and you can see his myspace page here: http://www.myspace.com/nikmisnikmis . I thought that this would sound really good remixed for B-format and UHJ, and so I contacted him asking if I could have the original multitrack files to try this with. I loaded them into Cubase, got to grips with using BPan_m with the stereo files which already had some pan effects on them, made some artistic judgements and hopefully you can hear the results here. Nikmis thought the UHJ sounded better than the original mix and so everyone seems happy. This is something of an example of international co-operation via the internet as I have never actually met the man. shelf filters, ambisonic decoders Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:58:56 -0500 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/Henry/ambisonicfile.2008-01-29.8853111280 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/Henry/ambisonicfile.2008-01-29.8853111280 A new electronic and electroacoustic piece in the key of 50Hz. john@johnleonard.co.uk (John Leonard) Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:57:42 -0500 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/soundmanjohn/ambisonicfile.2008-01-24.8743904324 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/soundmanjohn/ambisonicfile.2008-01-24.8743904324 Another recording made in the Temple Bar area of Dublin. Outside on a cold December night with music from bars and young people milling around. john@johnleonard.co.uk (John Leonard) Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:52:47 -0500 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/soundmanjohn/ambisonicfile.2008-01-24.6417963116 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/soundmanjohn/ambisonicfile.2008-01-24.6417963116 Recorded on a chilly Friday night in Dublin's Temple Bar area. Dublin is a favourite destination for stag and hen parties from the UK, so the atmosphere can sometimes be a little rowdy. Voices and music from bars all around the mic position. pauld@koncon.nl (Paul Doornbusch) Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:50:38 -0500 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/pxd/ambisonicfile.2008-01-06.9624733361 http://www.ambisonia.com/Members/pxd/ambisonicfile.2008-01-06.9624733361 Electronic music, most of the sounds are produced with dynamic-stochastic synthesis, as pioneered by Xenakis. This is synthesised B-Format, and I play this piece live, synthesising and spatialising much of it in real time - this is a studio performance recorded. On a good decode on a good system (large room), some of the sounds wrap around your head.