and yes you could do that with different devices - but I just cant see the public putting a laptop on the mantlepiece - and iphone on the windowsill etc - I reckon the more commercially viable options is a bespoke set of speakers. Make it so no 1.
On Fri, 11 Jan 2019 at 18:43, Augustine Leudar <augustineleu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Please - just call me Gus ;) > At Hyunkooks conference there was someone who had the idea of using phones > (I think in tandem)I cant quire remmeber but I "think" it was The > Vostok-K Incident – an immersive audio drama for ad hoc arrays of media > devices > o If you go to this link and right click it : > > > https://research.hud.ac.uk/institutes-centres/apl/events/wimp18/wimp18programme/ > > Anyway I cant quite remember but there was something a bit limiting about > it (it didnt do surround sound or you couldnt choose the position of the > speakers etc) - I just though wouldn't it be great if you could buy a > bunch of speakers , dot them around the room and the speakers would tell > the media player where they were located (using GPS, or some local wireless > positioning system) which channel they were and then the player would > decode to that speaker array. One day - eh - it would solve the problem of > getting surround sound into the public's homes I reckon. My main interest > is an an artist creating content rather than developing technical > solutions but Im happy to chat about them. > > > On Fri, 11 Jan 2019 at 16:54, Oddity Medium <odditymed...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Dr Leudar, was your email directed at me? Re: "exactly the same idea"? >> If so, I'd like to discuss it more with you. >> >> On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 5:44 PM Augustine Leudar < >> augustineleu...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > Had exactly the same idea - there were some people at Hynunkooks >> conference >> > (WIMP) last year doing something similar. >> > >> > < >> > >> https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail >> > > >> > Virus-free. >> > www.avast.com >> > < >> > >> https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail >> > > >> > <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >> > >> > On Fri, 11 Jan 2019 at 13:59, Oddity Medium <odditymed...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> > > We're interested in making a website/app that uses multiple >> independent >> > > speakers as multichannels. >> > > >> > > Lets say you have two laptops and two phones, so you have four (mono) >> > > speakers you can place around the house in a square or rectangle. >> > > >> > > So to get quadraphonic sound we need an app that coordinates four >> files >> > > playing across these four devices. >> > > >> > > Any tips on how to go about this? >> > > >> > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 2:54 PM Paul Hodges < >> pwh-surro...@cassland.org> >> > > wrote: >> > > >> > > > --On 10 January 2019 22:44 +0100 David Pickett <d...@fugato.com> >> wrote: >> > > > >> > > > > I agree. But it seems that the only way I have of making aac mp4 >> > > > > files is to make them 5.1. >> > > > >> > > > I use Wavelab, but that's expensive. Richard Dobson's MCTools suite >> pf >> > > > programs would enable one to remove the unneeded channels and set an >> > > > appropriate channel mask. >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > Which browsers have you tested, Paul? How does one set up a >> browser >> > > > > to recognise 4.0? >> > > > >> > > > In Windows: IE, Edge, Firefox, Chrome, Opera. The point is that >> they >> > > > all use the Windows default audio output, which can be set up to be >> > > > multichannel with a range of layouts - and Windows will do the most >> > > > appropriate mixing to match the channels between the input and the >> > > > available speakers. 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