Re: [linux-audio-dev] Info required: FLAC on W*****S

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Info required: FLAC on W*****S
From: Fons Adriaensen (fons.adriaensen_AT_skynet.be)
Date: Thu May 27 2004 - 01:59:04 EEST


Hi Joern,

> not superior, but equivalent, less snake-oil-infested, cheaper, more
> general and more elegant. ahem, yes, superior :-D
>
> you can express any spatial sound with just 4 channels, where one is
> the mono component, and 3 are the x, y, and z-axis difference
> signals (similar to m/s stereo).
> you can then render it to any speaker layout you want.
>
> imnsho all those n.1 surround techniques (where n is defined as the
> number of speakers you have or want to afford plus any positive
> integer greater than one) are money-making schemes. anything above
> 5.1 in one plane is plain stupid (even the center is not necessary
> in theory, although it makes the job for the mix engineer a lot easier).
> and the mutually incompatible encoding formats are not helping either...
>
> and as to encoding anything outside the line between the speakers in
> stereo, well, it just does not work very well. it's ok for the
> occasional "wow, cool" effect, but for not much else. all those
> nifty little tricks have very small sweet spots and fall apart as
> soon as you move just a little, and those oh-so-cool 3d phasing
> effects completely and utterly wreck the low end in practice.

For some reason this only arrived today (27 May), but I coulnd't
agree more !

-- 
Fons
 


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