On 02/26/2010 11:27 AM, fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > 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. 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. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
