[Sursound] Making something of faulty A-format recording

[Tom Hall]

I've got a SPS200 recording with a unusable 3rd channel (possibly an electrical problem in the recorder). The recording was of general ambience and extracting a detailed/realistic soundstage isn't important. I thought I might be able to extract something in Harpex, but even using the mono shotgun setting, couldn't locate a direction that omitted signal from the ruined 3rd channel. Likewise in Surround Zone 2, adjusting the mic orientation with 0 width stereo still contained channel 3 signal.

I'd like to create a 2-channel output that is less arbitrary than simply using two of the three usable channels, and have got some 'interesting' results using with azimuth / level matching tool in Izotope RX.

I wonder if the group has any other suggestions for experimentation with the 3 usable channels.

Tom

[Rudy Chalupa]

Did you record A or B format? If the former, two possibilities come to mind (assuming stereo out is the goal):
-Use the two back-to back capsules of the remaining three;
-Use the two back-to back capsules, one reverse polarity, for a difference signal and add the center capsule as the mono signal in an MS configuration.

If B format, you could dematrix to A, then proceed as above.

In all cases, significant EQ will probably be needed.

Cordially,

Rudy Chalupa
Pleiades Audio + Electronics


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Subject: [Sursound] Making something of faulty A-format recording

I've got a SPS200 recording with a unusable 3rd channel (possibly an electrical problem in the recorder). The recording was of general ambience and extracting a detailed/realistic soundstage isn't important. I thought I might be able to extract something in Harpex, but even using the mono shotgun setting, couldn't locate a direction that omitted signal from the ruined 3rd channel. Likewise in Surround Zone 2, adjusting the mic orientation with 0 width stereo still contained channel 3 signal.

I'd like to create a 2-channel output that is less arbitrary than simply using two of the three usable channels, and have got some 'interesting' results using with azimuth / level matching tool in Izotope RX.

I wonder if the group has any other suggestions for experimentation with the 3 usable channels.

Tom


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[Dave Malham]

I think that as a quick and dirty fix, bearing in mind that you just want a
general ambience I'd just remove the defective channel altogether, leaving
it silent and feed the remaining 3 channels into either Harpex or Surround
Zone and see what comes out. If not satisfactory, try taking the three
channels and run each through a panner and mix their B format outputs
together. I'm sure there are better.more sophisticated, options, but if
simple works.....

Dave

Post by Tom Hall
I've got a SPS200 recording with a unusable 3rd channel (possibly an
electrical problem in the recorder). The recording was of general ambience
and extracting a detailed/realistic soundstage isn't important. I thought I
might be able to extract something in Harpex, but even using the mono
shotgun setting, couldn't locate a direction that omitted signal from the
ruined 3rd channel. Likewise in Surround Zone 2, adjusting the mic
orientation with 0 width stereo still contained channel 3 signal.
I'd like to create a 2-channel output that is less arbitrary than simply
using two of the three usable channels, and have got some 'interesting'
results using with azimuth / level matching tool in Izotope RX.
I wonder if the group has any other suggestions for experimentation with
the 3 usable channels.
Tom
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[Fons Adriaensen]

Post by Tom Hall
I've got a SPS200 recording with a unusable 3rd channel (possibly an electrical problem in the recorder). The recording was of general ambience and extracting a detailed/realistic soundstage isn't important. I thought I might be able to extract something in Harpex, but even using the mono shotgun setting, couldn't locate a direction that omitted signal from the ruined 3rd channel. Likewise in Surround Zone 2, adjusting the mic orientation with 0 width stereo still contained channel 3 signal.
I'd like to create a 2-channel output that is less arbitrary than simply using two of the three usable channels, and have got some 'interesting' results using with azimuth / level matching tool in Izotope RX.
I wonder if the group has any other suggestions for experimentation with the 3 usable channels.

Assuming you're missing the third A-format channel (left back) and not the third
B-format one (Y), just using the two first channels should give you a usable
stereo recording.

Ciao,