Simulated 3D audio idea

[mental2k]

Hi,

I had a wee thought earlier today about surround sound. I know there are 5.1 and 7.1 etc etc but I was thinking how a custom set up could be made for 3D sound. It's really just an idea I had, no particular plan to build anything. I was only looking for what others thought.

If you had a 5.1 surround setup what if you were to take the surround channels and use a few mixer circuits to blend the channel to say 20 channels. Biasing each channel towards where the original channel would be, effectively interpolating the sound around the space.

I was wondering if:

a) it would work?
b) it there would be any noticeable improvement in the experience?
c) would there be any point?

[john dozier]

It would certainly improve the profit margins of amplifier and speaker manufacturers! Regards

[Wavebourn]

Originally Posted by john dozier

It would certainly improve the profit margins of amplifier and speaker manufacturers! Regards

More than that: digital modeling software will be improved to simulate 20 points of sound reflection.

[john dozier]

I listen to two speakers and have no trouble with creating a soundstage between and beyond the speakers. It all depends on the quality of your system. Regards

[RETFYL]

check foobar+asio4all .If you have on pc 2 sound card and 2 surround amps you can make a 18 channel system