Ascolta

Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology / (ICST) Zurich University of the Arts

#14 ascolta Akusmatische Hörstunde

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Listening twice

Experimental

  • Tuesday, 22 April 2025, 18:00
  • Toni-Areal, Kompositionsstudio 3.D02, Ebene 3,
  • Pfingstweidstrasse 96, Zürich

Eintritt frei 

In this session we will listen to classic electroacoustic compositions in two different versions:

  • A recent 5.1 production from ICST/ZHdK
  • A historic Ambisonics (UHJ) recording from the 1970s

We look forward to comparing these versions

Additional Information:

  • 5.1 Surround Format
  • Stereo UHJ: A process that encodes strictly horizontal Ambisonics signals into a compatible two-channel stereo format using matrix technology originally developed for Quadraphonics. However, this encoding is lossy.
  • We decoded the original UHJ into a 7th-order ambiX B-format and are using the ICST Ambisonics MultiDecoder for playback.

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