On Sun, 2008-02-17 at 14:52 +0100, Herman Robak wrote: > Here I would like to remind that sound pan position can be much > more than the one-dimentional left/right in stereo mixers and > the two-dimentional channel positioning shown in Cinelerra. > > There is this thing called Ambisonics, > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambisonics > where the sound can be positioned _anywhere_, > http://www.ambisonic.net/ambimix.html > typically expressed in spherical polar coordinates and a distance. > > Live recordings in Ambisonics can be done with a four-channel > recorder and a special four capsule microphone: > http://www.core-sound.com/TetraMic/1.php > > > There is also the mid-side stereo mixing, especially suitable > where mono compability is a concern. > http://www.paia.com/ProdArticles/msmicwrk.htm
Seeing the complexity on the audio side alone, I wonder if you guys could join forces with Ardour in some way. You might want to at least talk with Paul Davis, as he gained deep insight by working several years in this area. -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list [email protected] https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra
