Re: [Sursound] Fwd: Bass Problem in crosstalk cancellation

2011-06-13 Thread dw
On 13/06/2011 03:44, Marc Lavallée wrote: I made an A/B/C switch to listen between direct stereo, BACCH and the new DW filters; both filters are cancelling well, but BACCH is less coloured. Not EYCv2L-44.wav, I assume. It must be a high $,$$$ version you have! I am curious how you manage to

Re: [Sursound] Fwd: Bass Problem in crosstalk cancellation

2011-06-13 Thread Steven Dive
On 13 Jun 2011, at 09:30, Dave Malham wrote: On 12/06/2011 00:34, Robert Greene wrote: Yes that is it! Incidentally, I would like to add a (nonmathematical) point. I think dipoles are more or less a disaster for Ambisonics Bass is one thing, but what dipoles mostly do is bounce sound off

Re: [Sursound] Fwd: Bass Problem in crosstalk cancellation

2011-06-13 Thread Stefan Schreiber
Robert Greene wrote: The point I am trying to make is that there are ALWAYS higher frequency components, except for the eternal om that started before time began and that will continue into all eternity.(No offense I hope to believers in the religious content here). Only that type of

Re: [Sursound] Fwd: Bass Problem in crosstalk cancellation

2011-06-13 Thread Stefan Schreiber
Stefan Schreiber wrote: Robert Greene wrote: The point I am trying to make is that there are ALWAYS higher frequency components, except for the eternal om that started before time began and that will continue into all eternity.(No offense I hope to believers in the religious content

Re: [Sursound] Fwd: Bass Problem in crosstalk cancellation

2011-06-13 Thread Richard Dobson
On 13/06/2011 18:30, Stefan Schreiber wrote: Robert Greene wrote: The point I am trying to make is that there are ALWAYS higher frequency components, except for the eternal om that started before time began and that will continue into all eternity.(No offense I hope to believers in the

Re: [Sursound] Fwd: Bass Problem in crosstalk cancellation

2011-06-13 Thread Franck M.
13/06/11 02:55, « Fons Adriaensen » f...@linuxaudio.org : There is no reason why an XTC system should remove center bass signals, and as far as I know none of them do this. I suspect you are confusing 'out-of-phase' and 'difference'. [[Profanity warning: the following contains crude

Re: [Sursound] Fwd: Bass Problem in crosstalk cancellation

2011-06-12 Thread Franck M.
12/06/11 01:59, Marc Lavallée m...@hacklava.net wrote: With stereo XTC, I prefer direct stereo bass (without a rear sub) than crosstalk cancelled bass, even it probably works well in some research lab... For some real-life signals (understand, of mono-centered-bass shame), BACCH filters

Re: [Sursound] Fwd: Bass Problem in crosstalk cancellation

2011-06-12 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 12:13:19AM +0200, Franck M. wrote: I'm not sure if I understood the whole mathematical formalism in there, but Choueiri states that BACCH filters end up maximizing out-of-phase response in low range (the so-called first band), and as a consequence in-phase response

Re: [Sursound] Fwd: Bass Problem in crosstalk cancellation

2011-06-12 Thread f...@libero.it
Dipole and cardioid subs excite less room modes than omni subs: http://www.kirchner-elektronik.de/~kirchner/DIPOL-CARDIOIDeng.pdf http://www.linkwitzlab.com/Woofer%20accuracy.rtf Uhm...doesn't that depend also on the sub position in the room? For example, I think that a sub positioned in the

Re: [Sursound] Fwd: Bass Problem in crosstalk cancellation

2011-06-12 Thread Marc Lavallée
I made an A/B/C switch to listen between direct stereo, BACCH and the new DW filters; both filters are cancelling well, but BACCH is less coloured. Also, there's plenty of bass coming out of the BACCH filter, more than with normal stereo. I watched a scope trace of the filters for a panned

Re: [Sursound] Fwd: Bass Problem in crosstalk cancellation

2011-06-11 Thread Ronald C.F. Antony
On 10 Jun 2011, at 10:43, Paul Hodges wrote: --On 10 June 2011 10:26 +0200 Bo-Erik Sandholm bo-erik.sandh...@ericsson.com wrote: Case B : Use a steady state 50 Hz signal and slowly pan it to new locations. Of course, as this involves the level from each speaker changing, the speaker

Re: [Sursound] Fwd: Bass Problem in crosstalk cancellation

2011-06-11 Thread Martin Leese
Marc Lavall?e m...@hacklava.net wrote: ... In an article I mentioned earlier (Spatial auditory display using multiple sub-woofers in two different reverberant reproduction environments), tests were made in an anechoic chamber where the detection was much better than in a small room. The test

Re: [Sursound] Fwd: Bass Problem in crosstalk cancellation

2011-06-11 Thread Robert Greene
Yes that is it! Incidentally, I would like to add a (nonmathematical) point. I think dipoles are more or less a disaster for Ambisonics Bass is one thing, but what dipoles mostly do is bounce sound off the back walls(unless you were using them as subwoofers only) in a way that creates

Re: [Sursound] Fwd: Bass Problem in crosstalk cancellation

2011-06-11 Thread Sampo Syreeni
On 2011-06-11, Martin Leese wrote: Lately discussions on-list have been rather specific. I've mostly been lurking around, so it's difficult to follow what's going on with the research, and even the list consensus. Thus... Could anybody summarize what has happened within the past 6-12 months

Re: [Sursound] Fwd: Bass Problem in crosstalk cancellation

2011-06-10 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 09:43:55AM +0100, Paul Hodges wrote: --On 10 June 2011 10:26 +0200 Bo-Erik Sandholm bo-erik.sandh...@ericsson.com wrote: Case B : Use a steady state 50 Hz signal and slowly pan it to new locations. Of course, as this involves the level from each speaker changing,

Re: [Sursound] Fwd: Bass Problem in crosstalk cancellation

2011-06-10 Thread dw
On 10/06/2011 13:33, Fons Adriaensen wrote: On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 09:43:55AM +0100, Paul Hodges wrote: --On 10 June 2011 10:26 +0200 Bo-Erik Sandholm bo-erik.sandh...@ericsson.com wrote: Case B : Use a steady state 50 Hz signal and slowly pan it to new locations. Of course, as this

Re: [Sursound] Fwd: Bass Problem in crosstalk cancellation

2011-06-10 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 01:57:33PM +0100, dw wrote: The idea of listening for pleasure to bass sounds without overtones or transients conjures up an image of a twitcher tracking down a rare, three legged sparrow. The public just don't understand.. It should be clear from the context that

Re: [Sursound] Fwd: Bass Problem in crosstalk cancellation

2011-06-10 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 03:09:44PM +0200, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: On 06/09/2011 07:46 PM, Marc Lavallée wrote: Did it work because of the room modes and/or standing waves at 50Hz? since fons is very probably using a max rV decoder with a strong antiphase component in the opposite

Re: [Sursound] Fwd: Bass Problem in crosstalk cancellation

2011-06-10 Thread jim moses
I agree with Fons two statements. i probably made my argument too absolute. I did suggest a preference for full range speakers in all locations when possible and practical. But I also wanted to suggest the utility and quality possible in a well designed bass management system. Interesting thread.

Re: [Sursound] Fwd: Bass Problem in crosstalk cancellation

2011-06-10 Thread Marc Lavallée
Le Thu, 9 Jun 2011 11:34:13 -0700 (PDT), Eric Benjamin eb...@pacbell.net a écrit :  from wikipedia: As the frequency drops below 80 Hz it becomes difficult or impossible to use either time difference or level difference to determine a sound's lateral source, because the phase

Re: [Sursound] Fwd: Bass Problem in crosstalk cancellation

2011-06-09 Thread Bo-Erik Sandholm
: sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu [mailto:sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu] On Behalf Of Martin Leese Sent: den 8 juni 2011 18:35 To: sursound@music.vt.edu Subject: Re: [Sursound] Fwd: Bass Problem in crosstalk cancellation Marc Lavall?e m...@hacklava.net wrote: ... Ambisonics can supposedly reproduce

Re: [Sursound] Fwd: Bass Problem in crosstalk cancellation

2011-06-09 Thread Bo-Erik Sandholm
Of Bo-Erik Sandholm Sent: den 9 juni 2011 09:37 To: Surround Sound discussion group Subject: Re: [Sursound] Fwd: Bass Problem in crosstalk cancellation Yes But the unanswered question is, can we really detect the originating direction of low frequency sound if you do not have assistance of the over

Re: [Sursound] Fwd: Bass Problem in crosstalk cancellation

2011-06-08 Thread Martin Leese
Marc Lavall?e m...@hacklava.net wrote: ... Ambisonics can supposedly reproduce bass from all directions; is it true? Yes, assuming: 1. The source contains bass from all directions 2. The standing waves in the room don't screw up localisation of bass frequencies. But this is also

Re: [Sursound] Fwd: Bass Problem in crosstalk cancellation

2011-06-07 Thread Marc Lavallée
The Harman article basically says that bass in pop music is usually mono and therefore we should care mostly about the frequency response. Using multiple subs does helps to smooth the frequency response, but is it what's most important? There are recordings with stereo bass, so I'd prefer to

Re: [Sursound] Fwd: Bass Problem in crosstalk cancellation

2011-06-07 Thread Marc Lavallée
Jim, what you are telling me (indirectly) is that the smallest KEF Eggs I got are inadequate. Their crossover frequency is 120Hz. The others models can go down to 80Hz and 70Hz (they are also more expensive and not on sale). So my initial project of building lots of small bass reflex enclosures

[Sursound] Fwd: Bass Problem in crosstalk cancellation

2011-06-06 Thread jim moses
The idea that one can manipulate standing waves with multiple subs is pretty well studied. It's separate from the idea of localizing low frequencies but does imply the usefulness of have multiple subs to improve frequency response and avoid bass peaks and nulls at locations throughout a space.