My clients, students and those who have Ambisonics produced appropriately would disagree on your opinion. I'd also wager that Funktion One, Imogen Heap and Lou Reed would all argue that Ambisonics (even first order) works perfectly well for produced modern music.
But that's just their opinion, too. Andrew J. Horsburgh, Researcher andrew.horsbu...@uws.ac.uk Ambisonic & Spatial Audio Research Group University of the West of Scotland, www.uws.ac.uk ________________________________________ From: sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu [sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu] On Behalf Of newme...@aol.com [newme...@aol.com] Sent: 13 April 2012 16:09 To: sursound@music.vt.edu Subject: Re: [Sursound] OT: Spatial music Ronald: > Wrong. They would want it, if they ever heard it. Sorry. I've heard surround and it's just not good enough to matter -- for MUSIC. I've heard "Dark Side" and I've heard "Kind of Blue" . . . and most of the rest of the SACD and DVD-A releases. Some are fabulous, some are not but none of it was enough. Good try. Experiment failed. I've recorded with Tetramics and I've set up an HSD 3D system, on which I enjoyed the 3RD DIMENSION of music -- height -- but none of this is enough. Amibsonics (i.e. FOA) is fabulous for AMBIENCE but, alas, not for MUSIC (due to the lack of frontal emphasis) and c'mon . . . we all know it. The reason why Ambisonics hasn't succeeded -- after all this time -- for MUSIC is that it's not *good* enough to make a difference. That's why the HOA "debates" happened. Smart people with well-trained ears KNOW that FOA isn't good enough. It has nothing to do with MAG or the British government or bad timing or bad business decisions -- it doesn't *improve* the listening to MUSIC enough for people to care. Seems that Apple also figured that out. I also know many people in the music *business* and they also heard it (indeed, spent a lot of money on it) and have universally come to the same conclusion. Case closed. Mark Stahlman Brooklyn NY -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20120413/bb8fc69a/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound Please consider the environment and think before you print *************************************************************************************************************** University of the West of Scotland aims to have a transformational influence on the economic, social and cultural development of the West of Scotland and beyond by providing relevant, high quality, inclusive higher education and innovative and useful research. Visit www.uws.ac.uk for more details University of the West of Scotland is a registered Scottish charity. Charity number SC002520. *************************************************************************************************************** Legal disclaimer -------------------------- The information transmitted is the property of the University of the West of Scotland and is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Statements and opinions expressed in this e-mail may not represent those of the company. Any review, retransmission, dissemination and other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from any computer. -------------------------- _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound