Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote: > On Thu, 2010-02-25 at 11:27 -0700, Bearcat M. Sandor wrote: > >> Couldn't one create the sound of a fly moving through out a room simply >> by adjusting the balance of 4 speakers? >> > > Yes, of course, this has been in the computer music composer's toolbox > for quite a number of years. For a little bit of background see (for > example): > > http://cec.concordia.ca/eContact/Multichannel/spatial_music_short.html > > >> If so why do we need more than 4 speakers? >> > > If you are using amplitude panning and any two speakers are more than 60 > degrees apart in angle (or so) it becomes increasingly difficult to > create convincing virtual images between the speakers. The virtual image > tends to jump from one speaker to the other instead of smoothly panning > between them (this is an extreme simplification, of course). > > -- Fernando > > > Thanks Fernando! I look forward to reading that article. Skimming it now, it looks interesting. So the speaker angle is more important than distance? It's the angles relative to the listener, right? So a center channel is designed for people who are sitting off axis and otherwise not needed? _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
