Re: [linux-audio-dev] Info required: FLAC on W*****S

2004-05-26 Thread Jens M Andreasen
On tor, 2004-05-20 at 11:59, Joern Nettingsmeier wrote: > Jens M Andreasen wrote: > > > I went to ambisonic and read the FAQ. I do not agree with them when they > > say that 2-channel stereo is only good for imaging between the speakers. > > It is possible by using phase differences (and the assu

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Info required: FLAC on W*****S

2004-05-26 Thread Fons Adriaensen
Hi Joern, > not superior, but equivalent, less snake-oil-infested, cheaper, more > general and more elegant. ahem, yes, superior :-D > > you can express any spatial sound with just 4 channels, where one is > the mono component, and 3 are the x, y, and z-axis difference > signals (similar to m/

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Info required: FLAC on W*****S

2004-05-26 Thread Joern Nettingsmeier
Jens M Andreasen wrote: Hi Alfons! I went to ambisonic and read the FAQ. I do not agree with them when they say that 2-channel stereo is only good for imaging between the speakers. It is possible by using phase differences (and the assumption that people are not living in sound-dead laboratories) t

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Info required: FLAC on W*****S

2004-05-21 Thread Jens M Andreasen
Here is one link that includes some equations: http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/mustech/3d_audio/ambis2.htm I wonder if would be possible to convert ambiosonic to binaural .. /jens On tor, 2004-05-20 at 13:07, Paul Davis wrote: > if you really want to understand surround, i'd like to pass along a >

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Info required: FLAC on W*****S

2004-05-20 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 07:07:52AM -0400, Paul Davis wrote: > this will get you started: > > > http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Aug01/articles/surroundsound1.asp?session=dec5645986353a3e68c8439720360f53 Hi Paul, interesting pointer, it's in my bookmarks now ! Thanks ! -- Fons

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Info required: FLAC on W*****S

2004-05-20 Thread Paul Davis
>I went to ambisonic and read the FAQ. I do not agree with them when they >say that 2-channel stereo is only good for imaging between the speakers. >It is possible by using phase differences (and the assumption that >people are not living in sound-dead laboratories) to project sounds >outside of th

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Info required: FLAC on W*****S

2004-05-19 Thread Jens M Andreasen
Hi Alfons! I went to ambisonic and read the FAQ. I do not agree with them when they say that 2-channel stereo is only good for imaging between the speakers. It is possible by using phase differences (and the assumption that people are not living in sound-dead laboratories) to project sounds outsid

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Info required: FLAC on W*****S

2004-05-19 Thread Alfons Adriaensen
On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 11:36:08AM +0200, Jens M Andreasen wrote: > 4-channel support??? Puuhlease, this is sooo 1967ish ... :) > > Industri standard these days is 7.1, which by the way is no near perfect > but at least affordable. The ITU n.1 speaker layouts may be 'industry standard', but they

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Info required: FLAC on W*****S

2004-05-19 Thread Jens M Andreasen
Hi! 4-channel support??? Puuhlease, this is sooo 1967ish ... :) Industri standard these days is 7.1, which by the way is no near perfect but at least affordable. with friendly regards // Jens M Andreasen On tis, 2004-05-18 at 16:24, Alfons Adriaensen wrote: > Hello list, > > I'm involved in a

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Info required: FLAC on W*****S

2004-05-19 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
On Wed, 19 May 2004 00:25:30 +0200 Fons Adriaensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Erik, thanks for your response. > > I had a look at the libsndfile formats matrix, and of course there's > WAV, but I didn't see WAV-EX. The matrix is probably just a little out of date :-). > Do you mean libsnd

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Info required: FLAC on W*****S

2004-05-18 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 06:46:18AM +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > Once libsndfile gets Ogg Vorbis and Speex support, FLAC support is > also high on the list. Since libsndfile accepts WAV-EX (stupid fscking > microsoft idea) it will be able to transcode WAV-EX -> FLAC without > a problem. libs

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Info required: FLAC on W*****S

2004-05-18 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
On Tue, 18 May 2004 16:24:14 +0200 Alfons Adriaensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello list, > > I'm involved in a (friendly) debate on the surround sound list. > One the main contributors of this list, Angelo Farina (univ. of > Parma, Italy) wants to make available some interesting 4-channel >

[linux-audio-dev] Info required: FLAC on W*****S

2004-05-18 Thread Alfons Adriaensen
Hello list, I'm involved in a (friendly) debate on the surround sound list. One the main contributors of this list, Angelo Farina (univ. of Parma, Italy) wants to make available some interesting 4-channel recordings he recently made. The distribution format has to be lossless. I already pointed hi