[vorbis-dev] Channel coupling in Vorbis

[prabu]

> I would recommend NOT using the ambisonic for surround sound. I read the
specs on this - it
> uses a spherical harmonic expansion of the sound field. The trouble with
that is
> that it is 3-D. Unless you plan to have speakers in your ceiling, it will
waste 1/3 of
> your bandwidth and (except for the dipole terms) won't separate cleanly
into
> high and low bitrate channels (or horizontal versus vertical).

Though Ambisonic is supposed to be 3D, it can be played under normal
n-channel mode as well. The fact that it is 3D should not be a deterrant to
our using it as our encoding method !

Prabu

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