[LAC-19] LAC-19 Proposal

[Romain Michon]

On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 9:02 PM Fernando Lopez-Lezcano <
nando at ccrma.stanford.edu> wrote:

> On 07/31/2018 08:56 AM, Romain Michon wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I drafted a short proposal describing our project of organizing LAC at
> > CCRMA next Spring. You can find it in the LAC-19 git
> > repo: https://cm-gitlab.stanford.edu/rmichon/LAC-19. I also attached the
> > corresponding PDF with this e-mail, just in case. Any feedback would be
> > greatly appreciated! I think we want to forward it ASAP to the lac-team
> > mailing list so that we get the green light from everyone to get
> > started! If you read the document, you'll see that we'd want to send the
> > CfP in early September. Here are a few specific notes:
> >
> > - I put Franck Neumann as "paper chair". We haven't asked him yet if he
> > agrees with this but he usually takes care of it and does a very good
> > job. Any objection? Would someone at CCRMA want to take this role?
>
> No objection, he has been very good in the past, hopefully he will agree
> to contribute again. Unless someone @ ccrma steps forward.
>

OK, I'll ask him right away then.


> > - I left the "Video Streaming" section blank so that Nando can fill it
> > since I have no idea what you guys used last time. On that note, I
> > briefly talked to Robin Gareus at IFC about this, and he said that the
> > system that they used for LAC-12 doesn't seem to be supported anymore. I
> > would personally vote for "selling our soul to the devil" and using a
> > "mainstream" platform such as YouTube which would decrease the overall
> > budget of the conference by at least $2000, but I know that this is a
> > sensitive topic hehe ;).
>
> Did Robin say what he would use these days?


Not really...


> As you can imagine I would
> not be happy to have a system that is not open. Ha ha, what a surprise.
>

Lol.


> We used a Linux workstation and streaming software running in our
> servers. Worked just fine. But it was all set up by Robin and Joern (it
> was used to record Classroom lectures for quite a while after LAC2012).
>
> What is the mainstream platform you have in mind? Just YouTube? What
> equipment is needed to operate the streaming system? What support is
> needed from the CCRMA infrastructure? How much does it cost to avoid
> paying for it with our information (color of our soul, etc) and/or with
> all our audience absorbing beautifully targeted advertising? (ie:
> picture a "please buy Windows 10, it is the best operating system there
> is!" 10 second ad just before each paper session). I imagine all
> questions could be answered by Dave?
>

OK, we can leave this open for now and ask what people think about this on
the LAC-team mailing list and add Dave to this conversation.


> > - I probably messed something up with the Ambisonics order of CCRMA
> > stage and of the listening room, so someone should double check that.
>
> ----
> This 100 seats modular space features a 64 speakers system allowing up
> to seventh order
> ambisonics. The CCRMA Listening Room (see Figure 4.5) features a 24
> speakers system
> allowing up to third order ambisonics.
> ----
>
> (we cannot fit 100 there, I think, at most 80 for a fully packed
> concert, about 45 for a "good experience" full 3d concert)
>

OK, I just copied what's said on the music dpt website, so 60 it is.


>
> ----
> This 60 seat space features a 56.8 full 3d sound system that can render
> up to 6th order Ambisonics sound. The CCRMA Listening Room (see Figure
> 4.5) features a 22.4 speaker system that can render up to 3rd order
> Ambisonics (and has speakers under the floor)
> ----
>

Fixed...


> > Of course, this proposal is just a draft (there are probably a few
> > typos) and it is not set in stone, and everything can be
> > changed/updated, etc.
>
> Typos, etc:
> "to attend to the conference" -> "attend the conference"?
> "cheap flights and hotels" -> "cheap flights and insanely expensive
> lodging"
>

Fixed ;).

++

Romain
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