Hi Michael, On 21 Jun 2016, at 10:35, Michael Chapman <s...@mchapman.com<mailto:s...@mchapman.com>> wrote:
No reason specifically, I always thought that most people associate B-format with the traditional 1st-order specification, and maybe the FuMa definition up to 3rd-order. I wasn’t sure if that’s the common term for general HOA signals. So, you think something like HOA B-format is better (if I don’t have to go into the details, channels, normalization etc.) ? IMHO each of A-, B-, C-, D- and -formats are generic terms. So B-format is " the spherical harmonics stage in Ambisonics" regardless of channels present or what order they are in. As for (your) "HOA B-format", no criticism, but my take is that unless context implies/demands otherwise then 'an ambisonic file' (or 'ambisonic signal set') is implicitly B-format. (To be pedantic there is a reasonable presumption that it is B-format.). But, there must be much to be said for instructions to novices being explicit (if only once). I agree with that, I’ll just add explicit definitions in the documentation, SH conventions and channel ordering for the first-order and high-order processing, and leave to people to pick the term they prefer. In the end they all descrbe the same thing.. BR, Archontis -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20160621/31f01808/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.
