Martin - To clarify the use of the subs within a tetrahedral array, it would require the subs to be elevated off the floor? Given the weight of most subs, this seems a bit difficult in practice. Thoughts?
thanks, Charles On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Martin Leese < martin.le...@stanfordalumni.org> wrote: > Charles Veasey wrote: > > Thanks everyone for the information! > > > > Using four subs was mentioned a couple of times. I've never used or > > experienced more than two in an array. What is the justification? I > assume > > that given a square room, you'd place one in each corner? > > With Ambisonics, using three subs (arranged > in a triangle) you can decode to 360° > horizontal-only. Using four subs (arranged in > a tetrahedron) you can decode to full-sphere. > Note that, because the subs are sent only low > frequencies, you can use a single-band > "velocity" decoder. > > With a dual-band Ambisonic decoder, which > also handles higher frequencies, you need > more speakers than three/four. > > Regards, > Martin > -- > Martin J Leese > E-mail: martin.leese stanfordalumni.org > Web: http://members.tripod.com/martin_leese/ > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, > edit account or options, view archives and so on. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20151019/d287a0a8/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
