Re: Outputting Multichannel sound via HDMI - revisited
Re: Outputting Multichannel sound via HDMI - revisited
- Subject: Re: Outputting Multichannel sound via HDMI - revisited
- From: Richard Dobson <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:32:48 +0000
On 11/12/2010 17:00, Simon Thorpe wrote:
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But, now that I can potentially output 7.1 channel audio, I'm pretty much
stuck because of the fact that multichannel audio recordings that can be
played on a Mac are effectively non existent. iTunes will happilly play
multichannel recordings but the only stuff you can buy from the iTunes
store is stereo. Other sources such as Spotify, Deezer etc are all stereo
only. If anyone knows of a place where I can get hold of multichannel
recordings, I'm definitely interested...
There are loads of recordings (classical, soundscape, electronica etc)
on http://www.ambisonia.com. They are all available in ambisonic format
(.amb) for which you will need a decoder plugin or whatever, but some
are also available in DTS 5.1 format. Main problem is that they rely on
BitTorrent, which from my limited experience is slow, slow, slow. 7.1
recordings are another matter - not an priority platform for music,
really, given that 5.1 is still a very niche market; but if you have 8
speakers, decoding B-Format to an octagon will give better results than
either 7.1 format can manage - and you even have the choice to arrange
them in a cube so fly-overs really do fly over!
Richard Dobson
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