On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 11:49:49AM +0100, dw wrote:

> You snipped the context.
>
> "i don't think that's possible. imagine two similar instruments, one at  
> 0° and the other at 180°. once recorded in mono, they will be fused  
> together irrevocably. you won't be able to separate them with the help  
> of any vector metadata."

No I did not snip the context. I responded to this: (the lines
just above mine)

>>> Any microphone capable of separating two sound sources MUST be large in
>>> terms of wavelengths (similar to the diffraction limit for  telescopes)
>>> The soundfield microphone cannot  separate two or more sound sources at
>>> _any_  frequency for this reason.

This assertion does not refer at all to what you claim to
be the context, or depend on it, and it is wrong.

> What is not true? I thought the whole point of higher orders was higher  
> resolution so that you could make less efficient use of your speakers..

In that you are clearly mistaken. 

Ciao,

-- 
FA

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