Hi Mark, what you describe, finally is the typically american solution: Printing money for solving the crisis or increase the number of channels for improve the spatial impression. We call the worn- out ways as commercial.
But finally, more creative solutions will get the drop on. Regards H. 2010/12/22 <newme...@aol.com> > Folks: > > This is one of the "standard" approaches to technical standards nowadays. > > Get everyone interested to step up and pay-to-pay, divide up the issues, > hire a professional association manager (i.e. Florencia Dazzi is with > Assoc. > Mgmt. Solutions.), etc . . . and give away the specifications. > > The goal is to have something for the home theater receiver DSP coders to > aim at (whereas back when I was involved with IEEE 802 it was for the chip > designers). > > The coders will make money selling microcode, Onkyo et al will make money > selling receivers, Holophone et al will make money selling microphones and > so on. > > Clearly there needs to a HEIGHT addition to 5.1, since 3D video is the only > available NBT (Next Big Thing) for home video. The TVs are here and the > studios are ready to rock-and-roll. 3D sports and music are a > "no-brainer." > > Btw, this is why I have been asking about Z-AXIS -- which seems to have > been MAG's keen interest all along -- on this list for the past year+. As > you might recall, the list has had little to say. <g> > > Since there is apparently NO company with a stake in Ambisonics, who will > pay-to-pay on behalf of Ambisonics? > > Mark Stahlman > Brooklyn NY > > > In a message dated 12/22/2010 9:11:07 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > st...@mail.telepac.pt writes: > > Dear "sursound fellows" > > A technique journalist (and friend of mine) has sent me a link, which is > relevant to this list: > > http://www.3daa.org/index.html > > I believe that this "3D Audio Alliance" will announce a lot more at the > CES 2011 (trade fairy). > > Currently, there is even no member list (Uli wrote this, important > point!), which means that this is something at early stage. > > On the other hand, the audio standard will be "object based", not > "speaker based". (I am using < their > terminology. Is a sound field an > "object"? Probably not...) > > Is anybody involved in this project here? > > The description could fit to Ambisonics, but they do not mention < any > > technical details. > > The first specifications "is expected to be released in Q2 of 2012". > > Best, > > Stefan > > P.S.: I have recommended to use the word "3D Audio" even some years ago, > for mere marketing reasons... ;-) > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: 3DAA | Audio Alliance > Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:47:31 +0100 > From: Uli Loehneysen <loehney...@aol.com> > To: Stefan Schreiber <st...@mail.telepac.pt> > > > > > http://www.3daa.org/index.html > > Keine Angaben über Mitglieder . . . > Grüße, > Uli > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > < > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20101222/24ff599f/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20101222/efc0cc5c/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20101222/8d178b1f/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
