Margaret Vardell Sandresky, L’homme armé Organ Mass (2025)

Audio Engineer

One of the most unique aspects of ambisonics recording techniques is versatility. In immersive/spatial productions, ambisonics’s role is relatively obvious and very effective. In traditional stereo productions, however, ambisonics microphones can positively trounce standard microphones in terms of adaptability. But why is this, and how does this highlight the fundamental difference in the expected listener experience between these two production paradigms? [read more]

Provided here is a stereo recording of “Gloria” from Margaret Vardell Sandresky’s L’homme armé Organ Mass, recorded with a first-order ambisonics microphone and an NOS stereo pair, performed by David Preston.