Re: [Sursound] horizontal-only decoder design for line sources

2011-03-24 Thread f...@libero.it
Hi all a quick comment on ideal line sources: The free-field impulse response of an ideal line source (as Dave suggested, an infinite line of monopole sources, with same phase and amplitude and infinitely closely spaced) is the free-field Green function of the wave equation in 2D (in the freq

Re: [Sursound] horizontal-only decoder design for line sources

2011-03-23 Thread Dave Malham
Hi Richard On 23/03/2011 11:08, Richard Lee wrote: I think this is a virgin field of research. But this discussion seems about much larger areas and apart from my crude efforts, no one else seems prepared to report their experiences. I note a deafening silence from the York Derby Ambisonic

Re: [Sursound] horizontal-only decoder design for line sources

2011-03-23 Thread Richard Lee
[1] Loudspeakers and the Stereo Seat - G Millward, HFN, 1981? It's Millward, G; Loudspeakers and the Stereo Image, Hi-Fi News 29, nov84, according to http://decoy.iki.fi/dsound/ambisonic/motherlode/source/AmbiLoc2.pdf by a certain R.L and A.H. ;-) Thanks to Grand Vizier, Don Malham,

Re: [Sursound] horizontal-only decoder design for line sources

2011-03-22 Thread Richard Lee
I think this is a virgin field of research. On the practical design of line sources for large venues, it may be that we can only achieve ..more even coverage, as you increase the distance from a speaker system to the nearest listener. This also makes it rather more comfortable for the nearest

[Sursound] horizontal-only decoder design for line sources

2011-03-20 Thread Richard Lee
When I was RD tea-boy at Wharfedale, I spent time trailing around the country with Barry Fox our Promotions Manager, putting on lectures/demos shows. Part of the stuff we carted around was the Wharfedale Ambi rig which was - 12 x TSR110 speakers

Re: [Sursound] horizontal-only decoder design for line sources

2011-03-20 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 11:21:41AM +0100, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: my question was if this affects the ratio of W vs. the rest, and if circular harmonics might be a more suitable model for decoder design in this case. The answer to that IMHO is no, for the reasons stated earlier. but

Re: [Sursound] horizontal-only decoder design for line sources

2011-03-20 Thread Jörn Nettingsmeier
On 03/20/2011 04:52 PM, Fons Adriaensen wrote: On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 11:21:41AM +0100, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: What is this 'coupling' ? just a frequently used technical term used by p.a. systems engineers to describe the plain simple fact that a reasonably high number of point sources

Re: [Sursound] horizontal-only decoder design for line sources

2011-03-20 Thread Dave Hunt
Hi, Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 15:52:55 + From: Fons Adriaensen f...@linuxaudio.org On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 11:21:41AM +0100, J?rn Nettingsmeier wrote: and the superposition principle does not invalidate the concept of coupling. What is this 'coupling' ? You mean one driver's response