[LAD] Attenuation of sounds in 3D space

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 14:01 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 01:04 +0200, Arnold Krille wrote:
> > We are not talking about 5.1 or 7.1 here. These suck big time.
> > 
> > We are talking about ambisonics vs. binaurals vs. simple stereo here!
> 
> Ok, I noticed this.
> 
> Fon's AmbDec is the player for the files from
> http://www.ambisonia.com/?!
> 
> I guess a friend who lives near to my home has at least 8 outputs for an
> Envy24 sound card and at least a JBL 5.1 setup, so the 5.1 speakers
> could be used for a minimalist ambisonics.

Yes. Fons ships an ambdec configuration for playing in a 5.1 setup (it
is not optimal because the back speakers in a 5.1 setup are too far
apart but it works - I use it at home). Of course it assumes that the
5.1 setup is correct. This link has a diagram of the speaker angles:

  http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/5.1

-- Fernando