On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Jörn Nettingsmeier <netti...@stackingdwarves.net> wrote: > On 03/02/2012 08:02 PM, j.l.ander...@phonecoop.coop wrote: >> A few naive HOA Qs I'm hoping to gain some insight on... >> 1) Order (M) is related to minimum number of loudspeakers by: >> >> (M + 1)^2 for 3D >> 2M + 1 for 2D
These are not correct. To get the HF localization (rE) aligned with the LF localization (rV), you need at least four speakers for 2-D and six for 3-D, for first-order playback. For an illustration of the 1st-order, 3-D case, see http://www.ai.sri.com/ajh/ambisonics/tetra-v-cube.html http://www.ai.sri.com/ajh/ambisonics/tetra-rVrE/tetra.pdf [...] > if you have to play back lower order material as well (such as a native > soundfield recording), i found it is advisable to have a separate low-order > decoder which uses fewer speakers, for better clarity and less phasing. > aaron heller disputes this, he claims to have observed no detrimental > effects in vastly over-specified systems, and if you look at simulations > where N->oo, he should be right, but in practice i have found systems with > many more speakers than strictly necessary to be significantly worse in > terms of phasiness... maybe others can comment and clarify. I would not say that I've heard no detrimental effects on large arrays -- I've heard all sorts of problems, but in every case I've been able to attribute it to other reasons: bad decoder, errors in speaker positions, feeding 1st-order signals into a HOA decoder, and so forth. For example, decoders where the HF/LF balance is set using the "conservation of total energy" approach from Daniels' thesis, emphasize HF more and more as the number speakers goes up. I find this causes the tonal balance on large arrays to be wrong, as well as creating near-head artifacts (indicative that the sound at left and right ears is very different). Reducing the HF/LF balance by 2 to 4 dB fixes this. I use the Stravinsky and Beethoven recordings I posted to Ambisonia to judge this, as I am quite familiar how they sound when reproduced correctly. In reports in the literature, I find that either an incorrect decoder has been used or there is no succinct statement about the decoding criteria employed, e.g. Solvang's 2008 JAES paper. (v 58 #4, p. 267). Same with anecdotal reports. Aaron (hel...@ai.sri.com) Menlo Park, CA US _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound