Re: [Sursound] [meta] about the level of discussion, and accessibility

2011-07-31 Thread Sampo Syreeni
On 2011-07-29, Dave Malham wrote: Can I ask a question? Where are the ambisonic high priestesses? Where have you hidden then? :-) Like I would tell you'll. -- Sampo Syreeni, aka decoy - de...@iki.fi, http://decoy.iki.fi/front +358-50-5756111, 025E D175 ABE5 027C 9494 EEB0 E090 8BA9 0509 85C2 _

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics on the cheap?

2011-07-31 Thread Sampo Syreeni
On 2011-07-28, Eric Benjamin wrote: One thing that I learned from those is that it's difficult to get high quality audio from a computer unless you have the converters be remote from the computer itself. I don't know if this would pan out in practice, but I think it might... While outboard D

Re: [Sursound] Distance perception

2011-07-31 Thread Sampo Syreeni
On 2011-07-27, Fons Adriaensen wrote: This is very subjective, but yes, I have the impression it is better. Also the speakers tend to disappear as being the sources of the sound and there is less interaction from the room - the sensation that the sound is 'just there' is stronger than for straig

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics on the cheap?

2011-07-31 Thread Sarang S. Dalal
Hi everyone, Thanks for all the brilliant feedback, and especially Michael and Eric for their very detailed thoughts. I've got a lot to think about, but, for my needs, it seems the expense of an 8-channel periphonic system will mostly depend on the quality of speakers (and their mounting). My a

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics on the cheap?

2011-07-31 Thread Marc Lavallée
This other module (less than $30) is limited to 16bit but seems to work at 48Khz with 8 channels: http://www.sabrent.com/category/audio/USB-SND8/ Umashankar have one. -- Marc Sat, 30 Jul 2011 01:17:57 -0400, Hugh Pyle wrote : > I have one of these, and it's cheap and works well. The biggest