[linux-audio-user] Need for more than stereo

[fons adriaensen]

On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 01:53:06AM +0200, Sampo Savolainen wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-02-04 at 21:56 +0100, leslie.polzer at gmx.net wrote:
> > Hello audio users,
> > 
> >   I'm working on JACK Rack 2 and would like to know how many of you are
> > using more than two channels and how important you consider more than
> > two.
> 
> I don't work with ambisonics, but some people might want to use the
> ambisonics plugs in jack rack. They deal with 4 streams. With
> ambisonics, you would probably want to have a different number of inputs
> and outputs.

That's indeed the case, and it's difficult to say which combinations
would be tyical or improbable. There should be no artificial limits.
 
> I have an idea to make better use of these plugins: what if in cases
> where there are more than 2 streams, the ports would be represented in
> the gui, and the connection model between those ports and the
> inputs/outputs would be visualized and maybe even configurable.

You can do this with AMS of course...

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FA