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Re: Surround Sound Recording

Subject: Re: Surround Sound Recording
From: "Eric Fassbender" eric.fassbender
Date: Sun Jan 18, 2015 1:04 am ((PST))
Hi all,

I think I have found the microphones that were used for the surround sound =
experience in the Gear VR. It's called "Free Space Omni-Binaural Microphone=
" and is manufactured by a company called 3Dio.

http://3diosound.com/index.php?main_page=3Dproduct_info&cPath=3D33&products=
_id=3D46

Looks pretty nice, has anyone used one?

Cheers,

Eric



On 16/01/2015, at 9:05 PM, Eric Fassbender <> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> thanks for all your responses and apologies for not getting back to you e=
arlier. I was busy releasing my first 360=B0 Relaxation Environment - Dream=
 Beach 360. Take a look at this website and you will probably know what tha=
t means thereafter :) http://www.feeltherelaxation.com/products/dream-beach=
-australia-360-degree-full-hd-vr-video-for-oculus-rift-samsung-gear-vr-and-=
zeiss-vr-one
>
> In the meantime I found out more about the surround sound that is used by=
 the Gear VR. Apparently the Virtual Reality experiences are using the Frau=
nhofer Cingo codec (http://fraunhofer-cingo.com/). I'm still not sure how t=
o record for this codec and how to embed it into the MP4 so if anyone has h=
eard of it and knows how to work with it I would greatly appreciate your ti=
ps!
>
> Hope all is well :)
>
> Eric
>
>
>
>
> On 31/12/2014, at 6:10 PM, Peter Shute  [naturerecordist=
s] <> wrote:
>
>> Is a panoramic video wide angle, or do you pan from side to side?
>>
>> Peter Shute
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On 31 Dec 2014, at 11:25 pm, Eric Fassbender <mail=
to:> [naturerecordists] <=
.com<>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm starting to record surround sound alongside with panoramic videos. O=
ne of the sample MP4's has an audio file structure of
>>
>> 0L.wav
>> 0R.wav
>> 90L.wav
>> 90R.wav
>> 180L.wav
>> 180R.wav
>> 270L.wav
>> 270R.wav
>>
>> Have any of you seen this structure and if so, how are these signal sour=
ces positioned (i.e. is 90L/R on the right or on the left when looking down=
 on it)? How are they recorded (I'm assuming 4 pairs of stereo mics)? And m=
ost importantly, how are they processed, edited and embedded into the mp4 f=
ile so that they are positionally correct?
>>
>> If any of you have worked with this kind of format I'd be very thankful =
if you could give me a hint for where to start.
>>
>> Thanks a bunch and a happy 2015!
>>
>> Eric
>>
>>
>>
>









"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.



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