When it comes to books about ambisonic, every list starts with this great book:
Franz Zotter • Matthias Frank Ambisonics A Practical 3D Audio Theory for Recording, Studio Production, Sound Reinforcement, and Virtual Reality ISBN 978-3-030-17206-0 • ISBN 978-3-030-17207-7 (eBook) It has been published under "Open Access" and can be downloaded for free HERE.
When we started with ambisonic, this was THE source of knowledge and it still is. If, like us, you have forgotten more about matrices than you ever learned, it may be difficult to understand every detail. However, the pictures will guide you in a fascinating way. In other words, you can skip the math and come back to it later if you like.
There is another book "Using Ambisonics in the Recording Studio" by David Lauritsen. It has been issued in Feb 2023 and we haven't read it yet. But we do mention it here.
About David Lauritsen: An Audio Engineer and Sound Designer based in Melbourne, Australia. Professional music recording and mixing since 2014. Professional film and television audio production, postproduction and sound design since 2015. Former Head Lecturer of JMC Academy teaching in the Audio Engineering undergraduate program. My work spans music LPs, EPs, feature films, video games, TV shows, live events and podcasts.
Currently I am a full time sound designer at a video game company in Melbourne, Australia
So far about this book. More to come as we discover them.
AES - Papers
We would also recommend creating an account on AES. (Audio Engineering Society) Once you have your login details, you should browse through the AES E-Library and look for papers of interest. Some of the papers are difficult to understand as they are aimed at specialists and experts. However, most of them are not too difficult to understand. From our experience, if you politely ask the authors questions after reading the text at least twice, they will reply and be willing to help.
Nevertheless, if you look for "ambisonic" you will get 940 results. Some of them are a little bit outdated, but some of them are very brandnew.
We just discovered a paper where the author is describing a method of "Rethinking Immersive Recording: Compact, DIY-Friendly MS and ORTF-3D Arrays":
Tutorials - Ambisonic Due to some demand, we are providing links to tutorials about Ambisonics. These are NOT our own. Please note that these links are provided for your convenience only, and we are not responsible for their availability or content. When we checked these…
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Basic information about ambisonic This is just a brief overview of Ambisonic, in case you want to refresh your knowledge a little. It is no substitute for an in-depth study of the subject and it never demands it to be. For a thorough introduction, we…
