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7.1 Surround Sound Coming to the Mac!
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Very cool and thanks for the info. Looks like it provides a lot of control. Very Nice. Have you had a chance to watch a movie with surround sound?
my powermac just has a cd-rw. my dad's pwrbook has a dvd though. Tell me if you can find any surround sound, Dolby DTS, .ac3, or any other surround files that you can. I'll test it. Some of the sample music seems to be surround, sounds good.
There are downloadable flicks on the web, but I'm not sure if they support surround sound or not. As for audio, I'd do a search.
Now I love surround sound in any form, been mixing to 5.1 for a couple of years, teach it out of Logic and ProTools with Dynaudio Air monitor rigs, blah blah...
There's a problem with it at home level, most punters (i use the term with affection) can't configure STEREO speakers properly. How many times have you seen a speaker on a shelf and one in a dog basket, or two speakers stacked together, or both behind the sofa cos the girl/boyfriend doesn't like the look of them
Configuring 5.1 etc. systems is still at a theoretical stage, yes we have models that work, but only in controlled rooms, nobodies living room is an acoustically accurate space unless it's built to be.
There are more problems to be created by poorly configured surround systems than benefits to be had, don't get me started on phase
BTW, the latest acoustic research indicates that LF sound is directional, not omni as mentioned in an earlier post, where you site the LFE speakers (not subwoofers remember, a different beast) is VERY important, but your room characteristics are far more important. If I can find the LF articles I'll post the URL's.
Quake 3 through a Pro 5.1 rig rocks
There's a problem with it at home level, most punters (i use the term with affection) can't configure STEREO speakers properly. How many times have you seen a speaker on a shelf and one in a dog basket, or two speakers stacked together, or both behind the sofa cos the girl/boyfriend doesn't like the look of them
Configuring 5.1 etc. systems is still at a theoretical stage, yes we have models that work, but only in controlled rooms, nobodies living room is an acoustically accurate space unless it's built to be.
There are more problems to be created by poorly configured surround systems than benefits to be had, don't get me started on phase
BTW, the latest acoustic research indicates that LF sound is directional, not omni as mentioned in an earlier post, where you site the LFE speakers (not subwoofers remember, a different beast) is VERY important, but your room characteristics are far more important. If I can find the LF articles I'll post the URL's.
Quake 3 through a Pro 5.1 rig rocks
The card does a remarkably good job of translating mp3 and other two channel audio into surround sound.