On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 06:52:44PM -0000, Michael Chapman wrote: > 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 ...
The difference between 4 or 6 for 1st order horizontal is a matter of debate/taste, but 8 is probably too much. As Michael points out, you can have 3-D first order with 8 speakers, either a cube or one of the bi-rectangle layouts. If you are going to reproduce only 1st order material I'd certainly recommend one of those over using 8 speakers for horizontal only. Ciao, -- FA Vor uns liegt ein weites Tal, die Sonne scheint - ein Glitzerstrahl. _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
