Understanding Ambisonics

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I'm trying to understand just what theory I need to read up on to really understand Ambisonics. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I'm thinking that a fundamental course in partial differential equations may be necessary before further reading up on theoretical acoustics.

 

[JonSnell Electronic]

HOA Technical Notes - Introduction to Higher Order Ambisonics | Blue Ripple Sound
Maybe useful.

 

[Vg]

Thanks for the link. However, I would really like some input on what courses I should take because it seems Ambisonics is a very mathematical subject that requires some higher studies to understand.

 

[SY]

It really takes only basic algebra and trigonometry to be able to understand. Like just about any clever idea, it's very simple and straightforward- but it involves giving up some basic ideas about how multichannel is divided up.

It was a complete commercial failure because of the practicalities of implementation into average living rooms, but a technical triumph.