Anomalia – 8K & 360

Recording of ambisonic sound from the studio concert of Anomalia jazz band and video in 360° and 8K technologies

Poznań, Poland, 2019

Introduction

In 2019 PSNC started experiments with ambisonic recordings and multi-channel sound projection. A jazz band called Anomalia (members of which are students of the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań) was invited to take part in the project. The audio content recorded by the band was mixed in a spherical ambisonic space created by 24 loudspeakers in the New Media Laboratory of PSNC. In addition to the sound recordings, 8K and 360° videos were produced to show Anomalia’s performance. The audio material was eventually encoded as an ambisonic sound of the third and fifth order, then decoded binaurally and finally combined with a 360° video. All of that required a proper workflow for the production and mixing of surround sound for the Immersify project.

Anomalia band is jazz septet with musicians playing: drums, double bass, guitar, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, trombone and trumpet. All recordings were taken in a sound-adapted event room located in the PSNC. The place was illuminated in an atmospheric way using some historic stage lamps. We placed the members of the band in a circle, although we did not try to separate each of the instruments. We wanted to achieve the most spatial and natural recording possible, so different types of microphones were used.

Two video clips were produced – one traditional using SONY F65 camera, and second one as an addition to ambisonics sound was recorded by Insta360 Pro camera.

Videos

Making-of