> Greetings to all: Welcome to the list.
> My first project is to record restaurants and coffee houses using a Core > Sound TetraMic and then play these back through an 8-speaker, > horizontal-only circular configuration (r = 1.4 m). I could just as easily > stagger the speakers so that they provide both vertical and horizontal > information (would this be an efficient use of eight speakers?). Well, the TetraMic is giving you three-dimensional info and your are reproducing in 2-D. The TetraMic (or any common ambisonic mic, for that matter) is only giving you first order ambisonics. Four loudspeakers should be enough to reproduce that in a horizontal plane (pantophony). Some users say that six speakers give them a better result ... Eight speakers (arranged in 3-D) can give you full 3-D (periphony) on first order material. My bias is to go for height. Even with four speakers, I like to experiment with four frontal speakers (UL, UR, DL, DR) sometimes .... but I think that is a very personal 'bias' ;-)> The mechanics of creating cubes (or cuboids) is considerably different from creating horizontal rigs, though. You will hear some good science on this list. You will also hear much personal opinion. Pay attention to the former and join the latter by experimenting yourself! Best wishes for your project, Michael _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
