This sounds like a very complicated way of going about things,
particularly when one can get four signals from one laptop. You would
need a four channel external D/A box -- possibly a Behrigner ADA8200,
or similar to do so.
Ambisonics, even in one plane, assumes that the channels are at least
the same in frequency response and phase. Even with larger speakers
in boxes this is not an easy thing to achieve, though a reasonable
match between speakers might be achieved if they are all of the same
type that they sell for desktops. I bought a pair at the check out in
Micro Center for about 8 bucks. No bass, but the cut off is probably
the same in each channel!
David
At 18:29 11-01-19, you wrote:
--On 11 January 2019 14:58 +0100 Oddity Medium <odditymed...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Lets say you have two laptops and two phones, so you have four (mono)
> speakers you can place around the house in a square or rectangle.
>
> So to get quadraphonic sound we need an app that coordinates four
> files playing across these four devices.
I cannot imagine that it will be practical to get synchronisation
anywhere near what would be required for adequate results.
As an illustration, by chance earlier this week I found myself playing
a file from the same source (on my network, but via wi-fi) through two
devices (an iPhone and an Android tablet), and the audio was about
250ms out of sync - presumably because of the differing buffering built
in to these devices and their programs.
Paul
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Paul Hodges
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