SpaceCamp: Ambisonics and Multi-channel Sound Experiments
Workshop Date:
Mon, 07/16/2018 - Fri, 07/20/2018
Join us for a week of 3d spatial audio exploration and discovery with a focus in High Order Ambisonics (HOA) techniques, workflows, and the creative aspects of music composition and sound art. You will be able to use our 6th order capable 56.8 Stage concert space and the 3rd order full 3d 22.4 Listening Room. in addition to other 8 channel 2D spaces. Students will be able to use those spaces during the workshop (all spaces are open 24x7) to create pieces to be presented in a mini-concert at the end of the week.
Each day will be divided into 2 halves; a technical/practical lecture session and a practical/compositional work session. The goal of this workshop is to provide an overview of how and why to use Ambisonic diffusion techniques, and practical approaches to composing music or sound art in these environments.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
1. Monday - Introduction
A. Introduction to Spatialization Techniques and Ambisonics. Introduction to the CCRMA HOA facilities.
B. Establishing a workflow (Possibilities: DAW + Plugins, SuperCollider, MaxMSP )
2. Tuesday - Under the hood
A. Under the hood of High Order Ambisonics (HOA) - theory and why it works.
B. Distance & Reverberation in an Ambisonics environment.
3. Wednesday - Decoding
A. Decoding Ambisonics, regular & irregular speaker arrays, binaural.
B. Alternative Exotic Workflows - MaxMSP, SuperCollider.
4. Thursday - Capture
A. Capturing Soundfields - the Soundfield microphone, theory and practice
B. Practical recording session.
5. Friday - Diffusion
A. Using ambisonics for large-scale concert diffusion.
B. Project Presentation
Christopher Jette
Fernando Lopez-Lezcano
