[LAU] more than 4 channels for listening? Really?

[fons at kokkinizita.net]

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 05:41:19AM -0500, Monty Montgomery wrote:
> Forgive me, I'm a newb to practical Ambisonics myself (just starting
> to play with it, had mostly been just familiar with the theory in the
> past)...
> 
> > Nothing magical will happen if you pan the 5.0 signals into
> > a 3rd or higher order AMB system. The results is just five
> > virtual speakers reproducing 5.0.
> 
> Do you really mean third order ambisonics, or do you mean
> three-channel first-order ambisonics?  I had been under the impression
> that it was unusual to run across actual high-er order
> recordings/playback systems and that most of the installed base was
> first order.

I mean a 3rd order playback system which is easy to build.
For horizontal only it means 8 speakers/amps and a software
decoder such as Ambdec. Feeding it 5.1 would require a 5.1
to AMB encoder, which is a rather simple piece of software
(just combining the input signals in the right ratios).

Ciao,

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