28 Feb
2010
28 Feb
'10
7:09 a.m.
On 02/26/2010 11:27 AM, fons(a)kokkinizita.net wrote:
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:06:42AM +0100, Florian
Faber wrote:
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.
i have a vague hope that something magical will indeed happen: the
sources will be less focused on the speakers, but a lot better for all
other positions (which is what matters), and i think there's a chance
that the perceived sweet spot is a lot larger than for discrete
playback. it sure is in my subjective perception - i'm putting together
some listening tests to get other people's opinion about this and see if
it makes sense.
I am
thinking about adding a 5.1-to-ambisonics mixer/panner to move the
specialized channels with their defined positions to virtual sources in my
ambisonics surrounding. Don't know if that works out...
5.1 is not about proper physical modelling of sound sources, but more
about producing a 'sound experience'. This can mean, for example, that
the audio engineer creates a 2.0 mix and puts some ambience on the rear
channels. It will be a completely different beast and in my experience
it sounds worse than a pure 5.1 playback.