Re: [Sursound] A proposal for an Ambisonics based 3D audio codec, MPEG/ITU style...

2013-01-25 Thread Stefan Schreiber
Hi ... Here some expert view on the "technical background", presented by some company in this area: http://www.atsc.org/cms/pdf/pt2/07-Jean-Marc_Jot_3D_Audio.pdf "Current state of the art". Look for example to p. 6, "perceptual attributes that characterize natural, 3D-audio". (and especia

Re: [Sursound] Broadcasting b-format over 802.11g to Ambisonic speaker system

2013-01-25 Thread umashankar manthravadi
I cannot answer your questions, but yes, there is a crying need for something like this. I would think many more people would try and eight loudspeaker system if they did not have to trail eight sets of wires all over the room. umashankar i have published my poems. read (or buy) at http://store

Re: [Sursound] Broadcasting b-format - again

2013-01-25 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 08:32:57PM +0100, Sven Thebert wrote: > The main question will be: How can I guarantee that all receiving µCs > work synchronous, or with so little jitter, that the sound image for > the listener doesn't collapse? Thinking a bit more about this, there is another challenge

Re: [Sursound] Broadcasting b-format over 802.11g to Ambisonic speaker system

2013-01-25 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 08:32:57PM +0100, Sven Thebert wrote: > I'm interested in Ambisonics decoding and I have the idea to broadcast > b-format over 802.11g to the speakers. A programmed microcontroller > mounted right behind each speaker will receive the b-format stream > and, by knowing the po

[Sursound] Broadcasting b-format over 802.11g to Ambisonic speaker system

2013-01-25 Thread Sven Thebert
Dear Sursounders, soon I will start working on my Master's Thesis in Embedded Systems Engineering at FH Campus Vienna. I'm interested in Ambisonics decoding and I have the idea to broadcast b-format over 802.11g to the speakers. A programmed microcontroller mounted right behind each speaker will

Re: [Sursound] Maximum number of output channels possible in onesingle pc today ?

2013-01-25 Thread Charlie Richmond
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Re: [Sursound] Maximum number of output channels possible in onesingle pc today ?

2013-01-25 Thread John Leonard
If you mean the SunRize Indistries AD512, that was track-count, rather than outputs, wasn't it? Or was there an add-on? Mine was only two channels in and out. John On 25 Jan 2013, at 15:28, Charlie Richmond wrote: > Sonrize had an 8 channel card in 1990 and a 16 channel card (iirc) in 1992 >

Re: [Sursound] Maximum number of output channels possible in onesingle pc today ?

2013-01-25 Thread Charlie Richmond
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Re: [Sursound] Maximum number of output channels possible in onesingle pc today ?

2013-01-25 Thread Eric Kofler
Turtle Beach 56K was earlier but I don't know if you could do multiple cards. - Original Message - From: "Miguel Negrao" To: "Surround Sound discussion group" Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 9:19 AM Subject: Re: [Sursound] Maximum number of output channels possible in onesingle pc tod

Re: [Sursound] Maximum number of output channels possible in one single pc today ?

2013-01-25 Thread Miguel Negrao
A 21/01/2013, às 21:50, Eric Benjamin escreveu: >> what was the first commercial multichannel sound card > I don't know what the first was, but in 2000 I used an Echo Layla 24 to put > together an 8-channel system with an old 100 MHz Pentium PC (Barely enough > CPU > power. I had to trim the

Re: [Sursound] an exploratory mail

2013-01-25 Thread Stefan Schreiber
http://www.content-technology.com/standards/?p=162 Key issues to be addressed are, a compact and bit-efficient representation of multi-channel audio programs with the ability to scale up to transparent quality and the flexible rendering of an audio program to an arbitrary number of loudspeaker