Re: [Sursound] the recent 2-channel 3D sound formats and their viability for actual 360 degree sound

2011-07-18 Thread Dave Malham
Hi Jörn and Bearcat On 16/07/2011 06:56, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: On 07/16/2011 01:32 AM, "Bearcat M. Şandor" wrote: I found that review/interview of the 2 channel surround sound i was referring to earlier: http://www.hometheater.com/content/tech-spotlight-srs-future-surround The first copy

[Sursound] BBC job position

2011-07-18 Thread Chris Baume
Dear Sursounders, A job advert has just been released for an experienced audio researcher/professional to lead the audio research at the BBC. The position also includes heading up the newly formed BBC Audio Research Partnership (http://bbc.in/nHvUUv). "The initial focus areas include periphony, s

Re: [Sursound] the recent 2-channel 3D sound formats and their viability for actual 360 degree sound

2011-07-18 Thread Stefan Schreiber
Hi David... As you are a knowledgeable expert on this stuff :-) , I would like to take the discussion of this article/interview to a higher level... The interesting part of the interview is on the 2nd page: http://www.hometheater.com/content/tech-spotlight-page-2 But with the full evolut

Re: [Sursound] the recent 2-channel 3D sound formats and their viability for actual 360 degree sound

2011-07-18 Thread Jörn Nettingsmeier
On 07/18/2011 06:18 PM, Stefan Schreiber wrote: Now, it turns out that one of the techniques for projecting sound into space based on the auditory system is something called HRTF, or head-related transfer functions, where the frequency or spectral characteristics of a broadband audio signal, lik

Re: [Sursound] the recent 2-channel 3D sound formats and their viability for actual 360 degree sound

2011-07-18 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 07:27:26PM +0200, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: > Now _that_ would be an interesting case: how to render this so it appears to be the listener's nose doing the work... I hope you managed to clean your keyboard. It could have happened to me as well... Ciao, -- FA

Re: [Sursound] the recent 2-channel 3D sound formats and their viability for actual 360 degree sound

2011-07-18 Thread Stefan Schreiber
Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: On 07/18/2011 06:18 PM, Stefan Schreiber wrote: Which means that they are probably using HRTF techniques. Because HRTF is an individual parameter, they would have to use some form of "standard" HRTF, as long as they don't perform individual measurements. For me, th