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Conference Paper

Ambisonic Surround-Sound Mixing for Multitrack Studios

Authors: Gerzon, Michael A.; Barton, Geoffrey J.

AES Conference: 2nd International Conference: The Art and Technology of Recording · Paper C1009 · May 1984

Abstract

We describe the production of ambisonic surround-sound mixes from multitrack masters using a number of devices intended to be used in various combinations to provide a retrofit package for existing multitrack studios. These devices include: a professional ambisonic decoder for monitoring, a UHJ transcoder/encoder for production of the consumer UHJ surround-sound format, a pan-rotate system providing outboard 360-deg panning and rotation of complete sound fields in the professional B-format for surround-sound, a B-format converter that converts stereo mixing desks to B-format, a sound field microphone for capturing original sound fields directly in B-format, and a 3-channel UHJ encoder. The uses of these devices in the studio environment and for remixing are described.

Details

Published in
AES Conference: 2nd International Conference: The Art and Technology of Recording
Paper number
C1009
Publication date
May 6, 1984
Session subject
Recording
Affiliation
British Technology Group, London, England (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Conference Paper