EchoChroma New Music Research Group

11/06/2025

Today, ‘ab Decoder HOA’ is getting a MASSIVE update - version 5.0 is out!

What’s new?
- A better decoding algorithm.

For ‘ab Decoder HOA’ v5.0, we have rewritten the decoding algorithm for higher-order signals. Offering much more focused beams in all orders from 2OA to 7OA!

- Custom Polar Patterns
When used in “manual mode”, ‘ab Decoder HOA’ v5.0 now offers control over the polar pattern of your speaker layout! You can now select figure-of-eight, supercardioid, hypercardioid, cardioid and whatever exists in between with the touch of a slider, offering more control and creativity when decoding your ambisonics signals!

If you already own ‘ab Decoder HOA’, this update comes to you at no cost!

02/04/2025

This Friday - don’t forget to get tickets!

The Echochroma concert series at is a bi-annual event presented by the Sound Place Space research cluster at Leeds School of Arts.

Echochroma concerts feature electroacoustic music, noise and sound art works presented using cutting-edge 3D sound technologies.

This edition of Echochroma welcomes award-winning composers Jonty Harrison, Pete Stollery, Adrian Moore and Natasha Barrett to the Leeds School of Arts. This concert also features new works by LSA composers Sam Mitchell and Nikos Stavropoulos.

Pre-concert talk by Prof Jonty Harrison - 17:00 at the LSA Cinema