On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:06:42AM +0100, Florian Faber wrote: > > 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. 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. Ciao, -- FA O tu, che porte, correndo si ? E guerra e morte ! _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
