Tom Ellard

Delivering Higher Order Ambisonics on VLC 3 – the Cookbook

My last post talked much about production but little about delivery. That’s true of most current technical discussion, the difficulty of making the material is exhausting before even considering an…

October 19, 2020Ambisonics and Monsters3 Comments

Ambisonics and Monsters

A cookbook for 360º sound – what I’ve learned with lots of links.

When I started working on 360° sound delivery, I thought I’d have to chew on some reasonably coherent technical writing to get a working process. Instead I almost drowned in…

October 14, 2020Ambisonics and MonstersNo Comments

Ambisonics and Monsters

The surround sound battle has erupted again…

... and Apple has finally come in for the kill. Binaural sound is not new - it's just one relic of the Modern Age where many grand ideas have bubbled…

August 23, 2020Ambisonics and MonstersNo Comments

Admin

Nilamox updates – Music Servers and necroblogging

Hi Kids! A couple of updates. Nilamox has now created FIVE music releases since launch! Very pleased to have Music Server 6 now available on Bandcamp. To get there meant…

July 26, 2020Admin2 Comments

Admin Game Design Man Cave Severed Heads

Baby Steps

Look how far bubby has grown! The quality you have come to expect from my sites Nilamox is on the way. My Man Cave is likely the most popular feature…

May 14, 2020Admin, Game Design, Man Cave, Severed HeadsNo Comments

Admin

It is happening again

About 26 years ago Stephen M Jones and I set up a mailing list linked with a new website called sevcom.com. That was early days for the Internet, when both…

April 25, 2020Admin1 Comment

Game Design

Ever More Paranoid, Ever More Critical

Game Design In this episode – more paranoia. The swelling continues to the point where my head feels giddy. I sketched out a 3D model of an area the size…

March 1, 2020Game DesignNo Comments

Game Design

Paranoid Critical

I haven’t said much about theme parks recently, even though that’s where all the pain is taking place. It seems time for a Pain Bulletin. A really long one, sorry.…

December 20, 2019Game DesignNo Comments

Admin Game Design

Designing Nilamox – Rule one

Rule 1: You only want what you can’t have. If you have it, you don’t want it. If you lusted after some trophy for years, only to now have it…

October 5, 2019Admin, Game DesignNo Comments

Game Design

Problems with realism: The Lion King and DMT

The King is Dead I was recently taken to see the remake of The Lion King in which the characters are played by realistic 3D animals. Because I’d never actually…

August 1, 2019Game Design1 Comment