Jorn: My question about how it SOUNDS wasn't merely rhetorical. Presumably, the 3D/AA has embraced "object-oriented audio" in order to a) abstract from speaker layouts b) reduce number of audio "channels" to 6 or 8 (i.e. fit into 5.1/7.1 distribution media like Blu-ray) and c) to make production more streamlined. If the playback, distribution and production of audio, which -- for the first time, as per MAG's wishes -- contains HEIGHT (i.e. is truly three-dimensional), isn't relatively PAINLESS, then it won't happen. But how will it SOUND? If the quality of the resulting 3D surround sounds terrible -- yes, QUAD comes to mind -- then what a waste of time it will have been. Is there an Ambisonic and/or Ambi-derived system that sounds really good that should be considered? My guess is that MAG would be on that Working Group, if he was still alive. Who should be there in his stead? Mark Stahlman Brooklyn NY In a message dated 12/23/2010 10:00:02 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, netti...@stackingdwarves.net writes:
On 12/22/2010 11:59 PM, newme...@aol.com wrote: > Stefan: > >> Was that easy enough? <g> :-) > > Sure but how does it SOUND?? it sounds good, without having to jump through too many hoops in the mixing stage (in fact, the workflow is a lot more straightforward than for discrete multichannel approaches, and another big plus is abstraction from the target speaker layout with reasonable up- and downwards compatibility. *.* personally, i'm not terribly interested in any pie-in-the-sky attempts at ambisonic world dominiation - i will continue to build ambisonic systems as well as possible, one at a time, and try to make good higher order recordings, also one at a time... i've had my share of vendor consortium marketing lingo the other month (http://auro-3d.com), and i'm not at all inclined to join a working group and attend meetings when i could be out recording :) but if some ambisonic evangelist wants to take the plunge, i'm happy to provide them with empirical backing or arrange HOA demonstrations. best, jörn -- Jörn Nettingsmeier Lortzingstr. 11, 45128 Essen, Tel. +49 177 7937487 Meister für Veranstaltungstechnik (Bühne/Studio), Elektrofachkraft Audio and event engineer - Ambisonic surround recordings http://stackingdwarves.net _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20101223/cab47c6c/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
