On 04/29/2011 03:30 PM, Bo-Erik Sandholm wrote: > We still have to see a complete software package for convinient playback of > music in uhj or amb format. > A player that support playlist and is able to play 2 and 4 channel uhj or amb > files transparently, > And also is supporting/integrating a ambisonic decoder, either a vst or jack > based one. > > I do NOT consider a DAW like Reaper, Ardour such a player.
true. vlc can be made to work, with some jack trickery, but it's not exactly trivial. and if we limit ourselves to uhj-encoded source material (which most hardware decoder users will use exclusively, unless they have access to a 4track tape and native ambisonic recordings), any jack-able player is just fine, since the files look like stereo. it's also very simple to rig the computer so that it accepts analogue uhj stereo in and spits out decoded speaker feeds, so that you can use the machine as a blackbox, but with all the additional benefits: optimizable decoder, optional higher-order decodes, virtual 5.0/7.0 playback without rewiring or moving speakers, etc. but you are right, we are still heavily in the DIY + "slightly kludgy" realm. then again, most ambisonics fans will be, too. have to :) -- Jörn Nettingsmeier Lortzingstr. 11, 45128 Essen, Tel. +49 177 7937487 Meister für Veranstaltungstechnik (Bühne/Studio) Tonmeister (VDT) http://stackingdwarves.net _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
