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Re: Portadrive / Surround Sound

Subject: Re: Portadrive / Surround Sound
From: Rob Danielson <>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 10:07:49 -0600
>"Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 15:51:30 -0000
>    From: "Rich Peet" <>
>Subject: Re: Hi-MD recorders
>
>>I don't think so. It (HHB portadrive) was due out more than 1 year ago.
>Another product still stuck in the vapor I guess.
>
>The Portadrive has just shipped I have had a used a demo unit 8ch 24/96
>comprhensive monitoring/mixing etc. It is excellent however I am waiting t=
o=3D
>
>test Zaxcoms offering before making a decision.
>
>>It would be overpriced now anyway if they released it at the last
>suggested price of a year and a half ago.
>
>At =A38500 approx it can only be justified if being used in professional
>applications as well as for hobby purposes.
>
>Interestingly multitrack location recorders afford the possibility of  rec=
o=3D
>rding B
>format in the field with the Soundfield ST250. Zaxcom have just anounced a=
n=3D
>
>Ambisonic monitoring plug-in for headphone monitoring of surround
>recordings (will HHB follow suit? Paul...?). To make matters even more
>delightful Soundfield have just announced a plug-in for nuendo that does a=
l=3D
>l
>the B format proccessing (deriving anything from mono-7.1 discrete channel=
s=3D
>
>amoungst lots of other cool stuff) that  you needed large hardware boxes f=
o=3D
>r.
>So with a laptop a multitrack recorder and a single microphone it is now
>possible to monitor, record and edit surround sound recordings in the fiel=
d=3D
>  (of
>course you can just take the microphone and recorder, record B format and
>post produce at home).
>
>Surround Sound is finally mobile!!!


Hi Tom--
How did those omni 4006 dpa's work out in the field? Have you come
across any 5.1 or 7.1 demo files made with the ambi system? Rob D.


>
>
--
Rob Danielson
Film Department
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee


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