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Interesting that a "virtual speaker set" won over higher-order Ambisonics (representing incoming audio as spherical harmonics). I wonder if it just boils down t
by kibibu 13y ago
Interesting that a "virtual speaker set" won over higher-order Ambisonics (representing incoming audio as spherical harmonics). I wonder if it just boils down to easier engineering.
- sp332 13y agoAmbisonics requires a lot of actual speakers to have a large (say, couch-sized) "sweet spot" where the directional audio sounds any good.
- ioquatix 13y agoReally? I've heard some pretty amazing demos of ambisonics even with just two speakers - things which completely blow away anything I hear through mainstream productions with 5.1 and 7.1
- sp332 13y agoBut don't you have to hold your head in a smallish area for all the spherical harmonics to add up properly?
- kibibu 13y agoI find this curious, as you should in theory be able to map your 30 speakers to SH coeffs if you are using high-enough order SH (although 4th degree SH needs 25 coefficients so I guess there's not enough savings)
- sp332 13y agoLike I said, that requires a lot of physical speakers, not just encoded data.