On Apr 1, 2012, at 9:51 PM, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: > On 04/01/2012 09:05 PM, Augustine Leudar wrote: >> again to anyone who says things like "ambisonics cant compete with 5.1 >> please bear in mind this is like saying "amplitude panning can't >> compete with 5.1 - it doesnt make any sense at all. You mix your >> tracks horizontally ,without elevation, using ambisonics plugins and >> burn your ac3/dts file like any other surround mix. > > higher order ambisonics can compete. first order cannot.
Using a matrix-based decoding, I would agree with you about first order, but my experience is that decoding using Harpex leads to quite convincing and robust results. Cheers, Trond _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
