I need to hear B-Format. It took a while for me to understand MS.=20
Understanding this is harder and it appears to be a "Math Smoke and
Mirrors" thing on paper. It would be all cleared up in my head after
I hear it compared to standard recording techniques. I really would
like to hear it compared to my 2 separated SASS mics.
I am glad that HHB is actually going to make this machine but think
that Rob may have it beat right now with his RME and Laptop setup. He
may loose a little portability but with a external 10 key pad for
control and a tablet pc with more simple software he may make up the
portability difference and gain a real time spectral display as a
bonus (yea hard to see in direct daylight).
Rich
--- In "thorley_tom"
<> wrote:
> "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 to=3D
>=20
> 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 reco=3D
> rding B
> format in the field with the Soundfield ST250. Zaxcom have just
anounced an=3D
>=20
> 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 al=3D
> l
> the B format proccessing (deriving anything from mono-7.1 discrete
channels=3D
>=20
> amoungst lots of other cool stuff) that you needed large hardware
boxes fo=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 field=3D
> (of
> course you can just take the microphone and recorder, record B
format and
> post produce at home).
>
> Surround Sound is finally mobile!!!
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