On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 09:04:28PM +0100, Georg Holzmann wrote: > >Regardless of the JACK / LADSPA question, seventh order Ambisonics using > >16 speakers is just ridiculous. Either it's horizontal only, and in that > >case using 7th order is just a waste of resources and effort (3th order > >will do all you want), or it's 3-D, and it that case 7th order requires > >*much* more than 16 speakers. > > yes, but you can use higher order ambisonics and virtual speakers ...
You can't squeeze N independent variables into M < N without losing some information. If information is lost in your process of using it, you could do as well without it. > >AFAIK, nobody ever even worked out the equations for 4th order or above. > that's not true - at our university here is a 4th order ambisonic > implementation ... Can you refer me to a paper or other publication about that ? -- FA