Steve Harris wrote:
On 14 Mar 2007, at 10:10, Joern Nettingsmeier wrote:
i'm very new to ambisonics, so i may be wrong, but i think there are
indeed stereo compatible first-order ambisonics streams. iirc, the
format is called UHJ, and it matrixes WXY (lossily) into L/R (i.e. no
height information).
Hi Joern,
Hmm, interesting, though it sounds like you'd need a specialised UHJ
ambisonic decoder to play it back. That probably narrows the audience
even further.
unless i'm very much mistaken, UHJ-encoded material can be played back
on any stereo rig without problems (some even report better stereo width
and precision). the only drawback i heard about is that UHJ-encoded
stuff tends to be a little on the ambient site, with a tad too much
reverb when listened to over stereo...
