So I am nervously edging towards the following conclusions : 1. Music can be mixed ambisonically and then "decoded" or "bounced down" to Speaker configurations like 5.1, 7.1 ,11000000.12 , stereo whatever.
2. This can all be done with software - there is no need for specialist decoders or hardware - making it more a tool for mixing than a product that needs to be marketed to the public. 3. it is not going to be the best solution always - sometimes VBAP might be a better option it will work better for different things. 4. More composers are starting to look at ambisonics though there is still some resistance to it , mainly I think because its hard to get your head around. I'm still trying to work out why stereo diffusion into multiple speakers is more popular to many composers than ambisonics and multichannel mixing.... I think ambisonics is really going to come into its own now as more software becomes available and new cinema setups are in the pipeline - I think now is quite an exciting time for ambisonics. _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
