>> Now this isn't too condescending is it? >> >> >> Your question reveals that you have not even started to study and >> understand Ambisonics theory - the answer would be quite evident >> in the other case. You could as well ask a engineer why he needs >> complex numbers while you can do your bookkeeping without. >> >> Hoping you will eventually have a go at it, I'll provide a >> provisional answer. There are several good reasons why AMB >> uses 'encoded' signals: >> >> * It makes the recorded/transmitted content independent of the >> technology used to produce it and of the speaker setup used >> to reproduce it. It provides a 'natural' representation that >> will always work and capture the essential information. >> >> * The encoded form makes it easy to apply some transformations >> on the signal wich would otherwise be quite difficult to perform, e.g. >> rotation. >> * The encoded form is required anyway for correct reproduction >> as this requires some processing wich has to be performed on >> signals exactly this format, and and can't be done on speaker >> signals (unless you encode them, operate on them, and decode >> them again). >> >> * A 1:1 mic to speaker mapping may work in simple cases, but it >> does not scale to the equivalent of higher order AMB. First order AMB was >> the start of the art 30 years ago, today we can >> do much more, just because we are using an encoded format. >>
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