> Such a thing was offered for sale for consumers by DBX(as I recall) > a long time ago. I do not think it had much success--not > surprisingly since there is no real reason to want such a thing.
I too was thinking that I couldn't see much use for a spherical speaker... other than in perhaps purely technical endeavours. But, as it happens, I've just been reading a book chapter (1965) by Henry Brant called "space as an essential aspect of music composition". For those who don't know ... Brant used spatial separation of performers in orchestral works. (similar line to Charles Ives ... John Cage used similar techniques too ... as did many others). On page 236 Brant considers the use of loud speakers for locations where performers cant be placed ... but he criticises the characteristics of loudspeakers as being so directional that they project very poorly within the performance space. So there's at least one use for spherical speakers! Of course this perspective on spatial music, in which existing spaces are used to affect sounds, is very different to the concerns of spatial music on this list ... which is more concerned with either the creation of virtual realities through spatial audio, or the re-projection of recorded sounds with spatial fidelity. Etienne _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
