Re: [Sursound] Patent application: Data structure for HOA

2012-10-31 Thread Peter Lennox
Yes but...why not simply release stuff for mobiles in a generic binaural - skip the uhj altogether? Dr. Peter Lennox School of Technology, Faculty of Arts, Design and Technology University of Derby, UK e: p.len...@derby.ac.uk t: 01332 593155 -Original Message- From:

Re: [Sursound] Patent application: Data structure for HOA

2012-10-31 Thread Martin Leese
Peter Lennox wrote: Yes but...why not simply release stuff for mobiles in a generic binaural - skip the uhj altogether? Please, what is this generic binaural? Everyone has an individual HRTF. If you release binaural recording using a generic HRTF then it will work for some and not for

Re: [Sursound] Patent application: Data structure for HOA

2012-10-31 Thread Robert Greene
This is absolutely true. My late first wife heard stereo as two separate speakers no matter how well the speakers worked for others. She liked mono a lot better. Surround sound was a n ightmare from her viewpoint-- all those speakers playing from different directions each on heard individually.

Re: [Sursound] Patent application: Data structure for HOA

2012-10-31 Thread etienne deleflie
If the response to lack of perfection is always do nothing, nothing will be done. Which perfectly explains why we don't have an accepted ambisonic file format. No one is willing to accept limitations... and it is so easy to find limitations in formats. I firmly believe that a successful

Re: [Sursound] Patent application: Data structure for HOA

2012-10-31 Thread Ronald C.F. Antony
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Re: [Sursound] Patent application: Data structure for HOA

2012-10-31 Thread umashankar manthravadi
i am wondering if we cannot produce HRTFs the way the first produced spectacle lenses. one needs to look at the range of variations in HRTFs and what actually varies from person to person and produce a dozen or so hrtfs. people can just try them and stick with the one they like. a real time,