Re: [linux-audio-dev] 2-channel stereo compatible ambisonics...

From: Joern Nettingsmeier <nettings@email-addr-hidden-hochschule.de>
Date: Thu Mar 15 2007 - 15:00:46 EET

Steve Harris wrote:
>
> On 14 Mar 2007, at 10:10, Joern Nettingsmeier wrote:
>> i'm very new to ambisonics, so i may be wrong, but i think there are
>> indeed stereo compatible first-order ambisonics streams. iirc, the
>> format is called UHJ, and it matrixes WXY (lossily) into L/R (i.e. no
>> height information).
> Hi Joern,
>
> Hmm, interesting, though it sounds like you'd need a specialised UHJ
> ambisonic decoder to play it back. That probably narrows the audience
> even further.

unless i'm very much mistaken, UHJ-encoded material can be played back
on any stereo rig without problems (some even report better stereo width
and precision). the only drawback i heard about is that UHJ-encoded
stuff tends to be a little on the ambient site, with a tad too much
reverb when listened to over stereo...
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