On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:10:29PM +0100, fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Thu, Feb 25, y2010 at 11:27:11AM -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? > > 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. > 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 _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
