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The Sound Object — Ambiguity and Presence in the Age of Spatial Sound
Comparing Volumiphonic Arrays and the Slovox Perun24 at Rencontres Acousmatiques reframes a core question: Is spatial sound an engineering problem or an exercise in perceptual ambiguity? Exploring Patrick Kizny’s space-first and established acousmatic compositions, we examine space as a mediator.
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Fränk Zimmer
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Daniel Fletcher
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John Wills
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Understand how sound moves in space — from psychoacoustics to binaural rendering and basic Ambisonics workflows.
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Full Ambisonics encoding, decoding, and mixing workflows for immersive music production and post-production.
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Recording techniques using Ambisonics microphones and specialized mic arrays for spatial capture.
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