{"id":1838,"date":"2013-11-28T08:16:29","date_gmt":"2013-11-28T06:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/?p=1838"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:13:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T12:13:01","slug":"table-top-binaural-recording","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/?p=1838","title":{"rendered":"table top &#8211; binaural recording"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC04347.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1854\" alt=\"playing table top in the observatory\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC04347-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>table top<\/strong> is a live performance by Matthias Kronlachner created for the loudspeaker sphere in the Astronomical Observatory tower of Vilnius University.<br \/>\nThe performance was recorded on November 22nd, 2013 and December 3rd, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The original format of the piece is 5th order 3D Ambisonics, but you can listen to a binaural mixdown here: (please listen with high quality headphones!)<\/p>\n<p>table-top-4 (November 22nd, 2013)<br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1838-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-11-28-table_top_4_master.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-11-28-table_top_4_master.mp3\">https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-11-28-table_top_4_master.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>table-top-6 (December 3rd, 2013)<br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1838-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-12-03-table_top_6_master.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-12-03-table_top_6_master.mp3\">https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-12-03-table_top_6_master.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC04359.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1839\" alt=\"observatory concert\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC04359-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/strong>The binaural mixdown was done with the ambix Ambisonics Plug-Ins and the 24 binaural loudspeaker impulse responses are taken from the IEM Cube. Therefore you are virtually placed in the IEM Cube during listening to this piece with headphones.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nIn case the above player does not work you can download the piece here:<br \/>\n<strong>table-top-4<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-11-28-table_top_4_master.flac\" target=\"_blank\">.flac version<\/a> (highly recommended)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-11-28-table_top_4_master.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">.mp3 version<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>table-top-6<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-12-03-table_top_6_master.flac\" target=\"_blank\">.flac version<\/a> (highly recommended)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-12-03-table_top_6_master.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">.mp3 version<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2014-01-03_nr._3455_virselis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1927\" alt=\"Literat\u016bra ir menas - cover 01\/2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2014-01-03_nr._3455_virselis-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>For the very brave ones I also have the Ambisonics B-Format file in ambix convention (5th order 3D, ACN channel order, SN3D normalization):<br \/>\n<a  data-e-Disable-Page-Transition=\"true\" class=\"download-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com?download=1982&amp;tmstv=1777971839\" rel=\"nofollow\" id=\"download-link-1982\" data-redirect=\"false\" >\n\t2013-11-28-table_top_4_ambix_36.ogg<\/a>\n<br \/>\n<a  data-e-Disable-Page-Transition=\"true\" class=\"download-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com?download=1984&amp;tmstv=1777971839\" rel=\"nofollow\" id=\"download-link-1984\" data-redirect=\"false\" >\n\t2013-12-03-table_top_6_ambix_36.ogg<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>Concert review in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/literaturairmenas.lt\/2013-12-20-nr-3454\/1384-aktyvios-jungtys\/2154-ugnius-babinskas-kolektyvine-meditacija-dangaus-stebykloje\" target=\"_blank\">Literat\u016bra ir menas<\/a><\/strong> (in Lithuanian Language)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Observatory concert - binaural recording\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/81073470?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>table top is a live performance by Matthias Kronlachner created for the loudspeaker sphere in the Astronomical Observatory tower of Vilnius University. The performance was recorded on November 22nd, 2013 and December 3rd, 2013. The original format of the piece &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/?p=1838\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1851,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[126,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects-2013","category-recordings"],"modified_by":"matthias","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_16512.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1838"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2744,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1838\/revisions\/2744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthiaskronlachner.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}