Founded:
2025
Language(s):
English
Duration:
1 week, 1-4 weeks
One week, possible to extend on a self directed basis

Accommodation, transfers to Lochgilphead for connections to Glasgow if required. Trips to local locations for field recording. introductory meal on first night.

Studio costs, food and travel

Application guidelines:

Applications are welcome from artists whose work already does or could interact with sound and space.​

Open call:
yes

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Positive Ambisonics

Positive Ambisonics

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Description

A one-to-one mentored residency to learn 3D Ambisonic Sound Recording and Production in the Scottish Rainnforest.

Positive Ambisonics offers a unique opportunity to advance artistic and practise-based research with experimentation and the creation of methods that emphasise the spatial aesthetics of sound through ambisonics.
They invite artists whose work already does or could interact with sound and space.​
Residents are encouraged to focus on the creative process and experience of being immersed in this unique environment and to contribute to an emerging body of shared knowledge which is central to the +VE residency concept. This can be by reflecting on, documenting, and sharing their experience publicly in some way.

Learn all aspects of 3D ambisonic sound recording and production, with trips to beautiful locations to record audio with a special ambisonic microphone. You have 24 hour access to an ambisonic sound studio and your own private accommodation for up to three people. You also have access to a 1.5 acre woodland garden. By capturing a full 360-degree sound field, ambisonics ensure that the listener is fully enveloped in the audio, making it perfect for immersive sound design for virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and 360-degree video projects. Longer residencies available on request.

Outcome

By the end of the residency artists will feel confident in ambisonic field recording and production and will understand how their own performance can be included into a 3 dimensional soundscape. They will learn how to make their productions suitable for headphone listening for VR headsets in binaural sound and also experience listening in an eight loudspeaker array studio. They will also experience the sound of the rainforest which is free from human sound pollution and learn about the rewinding of the Tayvallich peninsula.

Accommodation Information

A 28 feet cabin with a king sized bed and a double sofa bed, Fully fitted kitchen, bathroom and living area. Free wifi. Private garden in 1.5 acres of woodland.

Partners are welcome but not pets due to the fragile fauna in the garden.

Studio Information

The studio is a 35 square meter room with eight Genelec 8010a active speakers in a cube array.

Technical Information

There are two Focusrite 18i20 interfaces for an iMac running the Reaper DAW. Reaper is the DAW of choice as it is capable of using and creating up to 64 channel files and is extremely flexible when setting up multiple speakers in an array for spatial playback.
There is also a stereo pair of Event TR6 near field monitors​.​​​
Ambisonic Plugins
Harpex Decoder
GRM Tools by INA
IEM ambisonic suite

Microphones:
Sennheiser Ambeo Ambisonic mic
Jez Riley French hydrophones and soil probe mic
sE Electronics Z5600a MKII tube mic
Shure SM 58
Electrovoice V6​​
Field Recorder:
Zoom F8
Computer:Apple iMac

Contact information
Email
positiveambisonics [at] gmail.com