Re: [SurroundSound] Please allow me to introduce myself.....

Good to see you here, EoH. Long time no see.

George

On 9/5/2013 4:51 AM, EoH wrote:
> Hi all,
> I think some of you already know me ;-) (I see some familiar names here !)
> For those who don't.......
> In 1999 a friend sent me a surround version of a CD, made by him I was
> impressed with what he made.
> I wanted to make the same things too, but it took ages for him to
> inform me how he did it. When I finally got some minimal instructions
> and figured out the rest, I made
> a guide and placed it on Doom9. It was an immediate succes and for a
> long time it was the most visited thread in the audio section on Doom9.
> The method I used that time to upmix stereo to surround was fully
> based on Ambisonics.
> Together with a Swiss friend we made several methos through the years,
> where I had the ideas and he the capabilty to transform my sometimes
> wild ideas into code.
> FWIW he made software to decode SQ and QS into MCH WAV, which was very
> welcome for all those Quad-boys ;-)
> We're now 13 years further and the routines to upmix became better and
> better and I believe it will be difficult to add something extra to
> the routines we use the most.
> Results vary, just as stereo mixes vary, but with a good stereomix,
> you get 5.1 that's almost Retail quality.
> Of course we can never beat disccrete channels, but we're
> close....very close !
> And, not all Retail is good ! There are a lot of albums where I prefer
> a good upmix instead of the Retail. Especially the Retail where the
> rears are no more than some reverb.
> And although I like separation a lot , I'm also still a big fan of
> Ambisonics, because of the excellent soundquality it delivers. Bad
> sound on your stereo ? Ambisonics will improve it !
> I have a large collection, more than 4000 DTS CD's , more than 400 DTS
> Dvd's and more than 400 DVDA's ..... and it's still growing every day ;-)
> I think this is enough for an introduction and I will first read
> everything posted here and perhaps jump into some of the discussions.
> I also have a website with guides to make your own upmixes, but I
> don't want my first post to be seen as SPAM, so the address will be
> published after a request ;-)
> Nice to be part of this group !!
> kind regards,
> EoH
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