26 Feb
2010
26 Feb
'10
12:20 a.m.
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:10:29PM +0100, fons(a)kokkinizita.net wrote:
On Thu, Feb 25, y2010 at 11:27:11AM -0700, Bearcat M.
Sandor wrote:
Way off-topic, but in 1992 Frank Zappa with Ensemble Moderne delivered a series of
concerts in some of the finest concert halls in Europe, mixed live in 6-channel surround.
I cannot imagine what that would have sounded like, other than incredible.
Did anyone here get to attend any of those Yellow Shark concerts?
Zappa was a huge audio engineering nerd.
-ken
Couldn't one create the sound of a fly moving
through out a room simply
by adjusting the balance of 4 speakers?
One could, sort of.
If so why do we need more than 4 speakers?
Because you have much better results that way,
using the right techniques.
I have an audio system for which i'd like to
set up 4 channels. I have 2
Anthony Gallo Acoustic Reference 3.1s and would like to swap them out
for 4 Stradas and 4 subs (with some extra money of course).
You could save 50% by using 8 speakers at 1/4 the price
of those, and get much better results.
If i do that and play back a 5.1 or 7.1 movie
soundtrack or music disc
what am i going to not have vs a full 5 or 7 channel set up?
Without some quite specialised processing you'll have a
crippled result. Don't expect Pulseaudio to do the right
thing, how could it ? It doesn't even know where your
speakers are.