On 29 Apr 2011, at 19:15, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: > but you are right, we are still heavily in the DIY + "slightly kludgy" > realm. then again, most ambisonics fans will be, too. have to :)
That's large part of the problem of lack of adoption. And a lot of that is to blame on the Ambisonics fans themselves: the snob's won't accept anything but 2nd or higher order Ambi, and no software or electronics maker is seriously going to go to that effort for something as iffy in terms of market acceptance. Instead of pushing for the perfectly pleasant 1st order listening and recording experience, and thinking of 2nd and higher order once that step has successfully been completed, every effort to get someone to accept basic B-format and UHJ support, results instead of cheers in jeers, and bitching and whining how anything but HOA isn't good enough, until any interest in even supporting 1st OA is evaporated. I sometimes wish these people could be locked away in a closet and released only after 1st order Ambisonics is sufficiently accepted by the audio community at large and the consumer electronics and computer software makers. Maybe we might get somewhere that way. Ronald _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
