Most convincing I've heard was via the Smyth A8 Realizer, but it wasn't a direct transcode. It required a virtual speaker array decode between B-format and binaural (the binaural output being an HRTF emulation of a measured, physical speaker array).
In this particular case: B-format > 4 channel (square) horizontal speaker array decode > Smyth A8 > binaural headphone output. In one way the deck was stacked on the HTRF side as the A8's HTRFs had been calibrated using my own head placed in the center of the physical speaker array, it also corrected for the headphone response with the phones mounted on my own ears, and used head-tracking, so the binaural emulation of B-format decoded to that specific speaker array for this specific listener was absolutely spot on. Then possible at that point to then do transcodes without the playback array: B-format > speaker array decode > A7 device > binaural. But the output would be specific to that particular speaker decode and that particular personal HTRF measured as from that particular speaker array, static without head tracking. The demonstration was 4ch horizontal-plane only, but the unit is capable of 8 channel input (and supposedly multiple devices are linkable for multiples of that) so transcoding to a measured 8ch (or more) periphonic array is possible. Probably not what you're looking for but it was ear-opening. Lee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20150224/37b2cb77/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
