Howdy Folks. It's time to talk 3D sound.


Is this Back to the Audio Future? Lynn Fuston's mike rig at 3daudioinc.com. Check out her site for some awesome info on 3d sound setups. How retro can we go?

With Nuevo Retro entering final mix phase, it's time to cast our eyes (ears?) towards the next project, presently entitled 'Carl's Chair' and yep, you guessed it, its time for another experiment in sound.

Whiskey Talkin (SC1) was a straight digital audio production. Spacejunk (sc3-ep1) was straight analogue..ok...almost all analogue (e.g except for the CD release and the digital extractions we did of the 8 track stuff that went wonky) and Nuevo Retro (SC2) is once more DDD.

When we did Spacejunk as a live recording it was principally because 'sweet misery' was too chaotic to try and do as a standard multitrack recording (see www.myspace.com/stormcellar for sweet misery at Mangrove Mountain). Once you have made the choice to go live, going analogue is not that much of a stretch (but I am aware how nuts thinking this actually is)

Recording at Mangrove Mountain was terriffic. You can hear the space inside the hall. The ambience is part of the sound, and thats something we're used to from listening to classic blues and roots recordings. We just dont know it!  The mechanisms and locations added something to the sound. Despite the technical probs we had on the day, i still think the sound from those old wooden floorboards and high ceiling was exceptional.

For the next lot of material that we've just started to play in the live set (yes, I know SC2 isnt released yet but we've been playing it live for ages and we're ready for new stuff...soz) its' a bit more rootsy, so we are considering the whole 'record it live' approach, and want to get even more of the ambient sound stuff.

That led to a little research into 3D sound. Just to see if we can find a way of providing the whole vibe of the process and the environment.

Over the next little while I'll keep posting some of our exploits and research as we gear up for a January attempt at another experimental EP.

Rgds

MJEB








Settings5.713MBMemory Usage80msRequest Duration
Theme
Open Button Position
Hide Empty Tabs
Autoshow
Reset to defaults
Joomla! Version5.3.0
PHP Version8.2.26
Identityguest
Response200
Templatet3_bs3_blank
Database
Server
mysql
Version
8.0.41-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
Collation
utf8mb3_unicode_ci
Conn Collation
utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci
$_GET
array:3 [ "catid" => "67" "id" => "373:sound-in-3d-starting-research-for-the-next-ep" "view" =...
$_POST
[]
$_SESSION
array:1 [ "joomla" => "***redacted***" ]
$_COOKIE
[]
$_SERVER
array:59 [ "PATH" => "/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin" "CONTENT_LEN...
session
array:3 [ "counter" => 1 "timer" => array:3 [ "start" => 1753367428 "last" => 1753367428...
registry
array:3 [ "data" => [] "initialized" => false "separator" => "." ]
user
array:21 [ "id" => 0 "name" => null "username" => null "email" => null "password" => "***r...
  • afterLoad (105.48KB) (3.93ms)
  • afterInitialise (1.16MB) (23.15ms)
  • afterRoute (534.38KB) (2.43ms)
  • beforeRenderComponent com_content (54.78KB) (1.28ms)
  • Before Access::preloadComponents (all components) (104.77KB) (3.13ms)
  • After Access::preloadComponents (all components) (137.83KB) (2.47ms)
  • Before Access::preloadPermissions (com_content) (1.85KB) (14μs)
  • After Access::preloadPermissions (com_content) (2.1MB) (6.87ms)
  • Before Access::getAssetRules (id:424 name:com_content.article.373) (66.65KB) (81μs)
  • After Access::getAssetRules (id:424 name:com_content.article.373) (7.38KB) (120μs)
  • afterRenderComponent com_content (384.32KB) (7.71ms)
  • afterDispatch (3.06KB) (179μs)
  • Before Access::preloadPermissions (com_dpcalendar) (309.34KB) (8.88ms)
  • After Access::preloadPermissions (com_dpcalendar) (6.91KB) (4.18ms)
  • Before Access::getAssetRules (id:3131 name:com_dpcalendar.category.90) (440B) (256μs)
  • After Access::getAssetRules (id:3131 name:com_dpcalendar.category.90) (6.03KB) (46μs)
  • afterRender (285.49KB) (14.85ms)
  • 1 x afterInitialise (1.16MB) (28.94%)
    23.15ms
    1 x afterRender (285.49KB) (18.56%)
    14.85ms
    1 x Before Access::preloadPermissions (com_dpcalendar) (309.34KB) (11.1%)
    8.88ms
    1 x afterRenderComponent com_content (384.32KB) (9.64%)
    7.71ms
    1 x After Access::preloadPermissions (com_content) (2.1MB) (8.58%)
    6.87ms
    1 x After Access::preloadPermissions (com_dpcalendar) (6.91KB) (5.22%)
    4.18ms
    1 x afterLoad (105.48KB) (4.91%)
    3.93ms
    1 x Before Access::preloadComponents (all components) (104.77KB) (3.91%)
    3.13ms
    1 x After Access::preloadComponents (all components) (137.83KB) (3.09%)
    2.47ms
    1 x afterRoute (534.38KB) (3.04%)
    2.43ms
    1 x beforeRenderComponent com_content (54.78KB) (1.59%)
    1.28ms
    1 x Before Access::getAssetRules (id:3131 name:com_dpcalendar.category.90) (440B) (0.32%)
    256μs
    1 x afterDispatch (3.06KB) (0.22%)
    179μs
    1 x After Access::getAssetRules (id:424 name:com_content.article.373) (7.38KB) (0.15%)
    120μs
    1 x Before Access::getAssetRules (id:424 name:com_content.article.373) (66.65KB) (0.1%)
    81μs
    1 x After Access::getAssetRules (id:3131 name:com_dpcalendar.category.90) (6.03KB) (0.06%)
    46μs
    1 x Before Access::preloadPermissions (com_content) (1.85KB) (0.02%)
    14μs
16 statements were executed18.66ms368.09KB
  • SELECT @@SESSION.sql_mode;189μs968B/libraries/vendor/joomla/database/src/Mysqli/MysqliDriver.php:259Copy
  • SELECT `data` FROM `vm53n_session` WHERE `session_id` = ?253μs1008BParams/libraries/vendor/joomla/session/src/Handler/DatabaseHandler.php:250Copy
  • SELECT `session_id` FROM `vm53n_session` WHERE `session_id` = :session_id LIMIT 1431μs1.3KBParams/libraries/src/Session/MetadataManager.php:187Copy
  • INSERT INTO `vm53n_session` (`session_id`,`guest`,`time`,`userid`,`username`,`client_id`) VALUES (:session_id, :guest, :time, :user_id, :username, :client_id)1.29ms944BParams/libraries/src/Session/MetadataManager.php:260Copy
  • SELECT `id`,`rules` FROM `vm53n_viewlevels`210μs992B/libraries/src/Access/Access.php:955Copy
  • SELECT `b`.`id` FROM `vm53n_usergroups` AS `a` LEFT JOIN `vm53n_usergroups` AS `b` ON `b`.`lft` <= `a`.`lft` AND `b`.`rgt` >= `a`.`rgt` WHERE `a`.`id` = :guest338μs1.33KBParams/libraries/src/Access/Access.php:868Copy
  • SELECT `id`,`name`,`rules`,`parent_id` FROM `vm53n_assets` WHERE `name` IN (:preparedArray1,:preparedArray2,:preparedArray3,:preparedArray4,:preparedArray5,:preparedArray6,:preparedArray7,:preparedArray8,:preparedArray9,:preparedArray10,:preparedArray11,:preparedArray12,:preparedArray13,:preparedArray14,:preparedArray15,:preparedArray16,:preparedArray17,:preparedArray18,:preparedArray19,:preparedArray20,:preparedArray21,:preparedArray22,:preparedArray23,:preparedArray24,:preparedArray25,:preparedArray26,:preparedArray27,:preparedArray28,:preparedArray29,:preparedArray30,:preparedArray31,:preparedArray32,:preparedArray33,:preparedArray34,:preparedArray35,:preparedArray36,:preparedArray37,:preparedArray38,:preparedArray39,:preparedArray40,:preparedArray41,:preparedArray42,:preparedArray43,:preparedArray44,:preparedArray45,:preparedArray46,:preparedArray47,:preparedArray48)1.55ms7.81KBParams/libraries/src/Access/Access.php:357Copy
  • SELECT `id`,`name`,`rules`,`parent_id` FROM `vm53n_assets` WHERE `name` LIKE :asset OR `name` = :extension OR `parent_id` = 03.22ms341.48KBParams/libraries/src/Access/Access.php:301Copy
  • SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `vm53n_content`1.35ms2.39KB/libraries/vendor/joomla/database/src/Mysqli/MysqliDriver.php:539Copy
  • UPDATE `vm53n_content` SET `hits` = (`hits` + 1) WHERE `id` = '373'1ms48B/libraries/src/Table/Table.php:1348Copy
  • SELECT `c`.`id`,`c`.`asset_id`,`c`.`access`,`c`.`alias`,`c`.`checked_out`,`c`.`checked_out_time`,`c`.`created_time`,`c`.`created_user_id`,`c`.`description`,`c`.`extension`,`c`.`hits`,`c`.`language`,`c`.`level`,`c`.`lft`,`c`.`metadata`,`c`.`metadesc`,`c`.`metakey`,`c`.`modified_time`,`c`.`note`,`c`.`params`,`c`.`parent_id`,`c`.`path`,`c`.`published`,`c`.`rgt`,`c`.`title`,`c`.`modified_user_id`,`c`.`version`, CASE WHEN CHAR_LENGTH(`c`.`alias`) != 0 THEN CONCAT_WS(':', `c`.`id`, `c`.`alias`) ELSE `c`.`id` END as `slug` FROM `vm53n_categories` AS `s` INNER JOIN `vm53n_categories` AS `c` ON (`s`.`lft` <= `c`.`lft` AND `c`.`lft` < `s`.`rgt`) OR (`c`.`lft` < `s`.`lft` AND `s`.`rgt` < `c`.`rgt`) WHERE (`c`.`extension` = :extension OR `c`.`extension` = 'system') AND `c`.`access` IN (:preparedArray1,:preparedArray2,:preparedArray3) AND `c`.`published` = 1 AND `s`.`id` = :id ORDER BY `c`.`lft`1.13ms3.89KBParams/libraries/src/Categories/Categories.php:375Copy
  • SELECT `id`,`name`,`rules`,`parent_id` FROM `vm53n_assets` WHERE `name` LIKE :asset OR `name` = :extension OR `parent_id` = 03.74ms1.53KBParams/libraries/src/Access/Access.php:301Copy
  • SELECT * FROM `vm53n_schemaorg` WHERE `itemId` = :itemId AND `context` = :context756μs1.55KBParams/plugins/system/schemaorg/src/Extension/Schemaorg.php:406Copy
  • SELECT SUM(CASE WHEN `a`.`next_execution` <= :now THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS due_count,SUM(CASE WHEN `a`.`locked` IS NULL THEN 0 ELSE 1 END) AS locked_count FROM `vm53n_scheduler_tasks` AS `a` WHERE `a`.`state` = 1657μs1.37KBParams/administrator/components/com_scheduler/src/Model/TasksModel.php:517Copy
  • SELECT `session_id` FROM `vm53n_session` WHERE `session_id` = ?801μs1KBParams/libraries/vendor/joomla/session/src/Handler/DatabaseHandler.php:277Copy
  • UPDATE `vm53n_session` SET `data` = ? , `time` = ? WHERE `session_id` = ?1.75ms592BParams/libraries/vendor/joomla/session/src/Handler/DatabaseHandler.php:301Copy