AES Dublin 2019
Tutorial T18
Thursday, March 21, 14:30 — 15:30 (Liffey Hall 2)
T18 - Case Studies in Jazz and Pop/Rock Music Production for 3D Audio
Presenter:Will Howie, CBC/Radio-Canada - Vancouver, Canada
Music recording and mixing techniques for 3D audio reproduction systems will be discussed through several case studies covering jazz, pop/rock, and new music genres. Complex multi-microphone arrays designed for capturing highly realistic direct sound images are combined with spaced ambience arrays to reproduce a complete sound scene. Mixing techniques are aesthetically and technically optimized for 3D reproduction. Initially developed for use with large-scale loudspeaker-based formats, such as 22.2 Multichannel Sound (9+10+3), it will be shown how these sound capture techniques can be scaled to smaller, more common standardized channel-based formats, such as 4+5+0 and 4+7+0. Numerous corresponding audio examples have been prepared for 9.1 (4+5+0) reproduction. The focus will be on practical, aesthetic, and technical considerations for 3D music recording.