2 discrete channels can hold more than 4 matrixed channels. Stereo material encoded in Dolby Pro Logic II and SRS Circle Surround can contain 5 and 6 matrixed channels, respectively.2 discrete audio channels are cable of holding 2 more matrix-ed channels on them and if these 2 discrete audio channels are fed into a matrix decoder the these can be split-ed up into 4 channels.
There is no content (none whatsoever) available to consumers that contains matrix encoded height channels.This is how the height channels are encoded in both front LR and the Surround LR channels
Easy. All matrix decoders operate on intensity and phase, and all stereo recordings have content that varies in intensity and phase. The fact that you can apply matrix decoding to regular stereo recordings doesn't mean they are matrix encoded. More of a happy accident.I have around 30 to 40 Audio Cds from the late 90's which are in Punjabi, Hindi and English . These Disc's have a stereo logo printed on them , but when you play them thru a dolby prologic decoder you get a very nice surround audio with just the background effects , chorus etc and no vocals in the surround , the question now is that how is this possible ?
No, for two reasons: First, "Pro Logic" is a decoder (that logo only goes on hardware, not source material). Second, those CDs weren't matrix encoded (Dolby Surround or otherwise).There should be a dolby prologic logo on them
If that were true, then the mixing studio where those CDs came from would have the original 4-channel masters AND matrix encoding equipment. Except they don't. Call up those recording studios and ask them yourself.See this has something to do with how the sound material is recorded , processed and then encoded .
Nothing so complicated. Each one of the height processing technologies (Audyssey DSX, Dolby PLIIz, DTS Neo:X) use different methods of extracting. I can detail them for you if you want, though it is of little importance to this discussion. What is important is that there isn't any consumer recordings with encoded height content. Pulling random ambience out of the recording and sending it to a pair of height speakers may yield pleasing results, but that doesn't mean those sounds were intended to be height information, let alone deliberately encoded as height channels.The height channels rely upon these certain kind of sound elements which are either naturally distinct or have been produced by altering their phase and have been processed using complex mathematical algorithms which give these sound elements some thing called sound fields. These sound fields are also known as spacious cues.
Horizontal plane? Didn't you ask in your previous post about hearing those sounds "placed above your head"?These sound elements or images when are played back through conventional 5.1 or 7.1 surround systems are reproduced in a horizontal plane by the front LR and the surround LR
If you're already hearing sounds above you, what do you need height speakers for?you stated that ""BTW, if you're already hearing sounds above you, then that doesn't really bolster the case for height speakers, does it? "
yes it bolsters the case by a nice magnitude in my case (if 5.1 sounds better than tv speakers and if lord of the rings sound better with the discrete back surround and if 7.1 sounds better than the 6.1 then obviously 11.2 sounds better and hopefully the future 22.2 even more exciting).
it sounds
more spacious
more enveloping
more depth
Multiple subs are a good idea, to help smoothen out frequency response and improve seat-to-seat consistency. But that has nothing to do with the number of satellites. Improved bass is just as helpful to someone using 2 satellites as it is to someone using 11 satellites.I'd suggest if they go for 9 or 11 sattelites, 2 Subs must the Compulsory.
You're confusing the number of channels in the source material with the number of speakers used for playback. One has nothing to do with the other.BUT STILL HAVE NO GOOD CONTENT FOR 7.1 EXCEPT BLURAYS AND SOME DEMO AUDIOS
2 discrete channels can hold more than 4 matrixed channels. Stereo material encoded in Dolby Pro Logic II and SRS Circle Surround can contain 5 and 6 matrixed channels, respectively.
There is no content (none whatsoever) available to consumers that contains matrix encoded height channels.
Easy. All matrix decoders operate on intensity and phase, and all stereo recordings have content that varies in intensity and phase. The fact that you can apply matrix decoding to regular stereo recordings doesn't mean they are matrix encoded. More of a happy accident.
Nothing so complicated. Each one of the height processing technologies (Audyssey DSX, Dolby PLIIz, DTS Neo:X) use different methods of extracting. I can detail them for you if you want, though it is of little importance to this discussion. What is important is that there isn't any consumer recordings with encoded height content. Pulling random ambiance out of the recording and sending it to a pair of height speakers may yield pleasing results, but that doesn't mean those sounds were intended to be height information, let alone deliberately encoded as height channels.
Horizontal plane? Didn't you ask in your previous post about hearing those sounds "placed above your head"?
Pulling random ambiance out of the recording and sending it to a pair of height speakers
If I have contradicted some of your statements, it is not to prove you wrong but instead to correct misinformation. This isn't about you; it's about the facts.You have contradicted each and every statement of mine just to prove me wrong
No. Height speakers have been introduced to add height, not "spatial feeling". Wide speakers were introduced to do what you are describing. The sense of spaciousness comes from lateral reflections, which can be simulated using speakers placed between +/-60 degrees to +/-90 degrees. This is why Audyssey DSX and DTS Neo:X both introduced height and wide speakers. But let's not confuse the purpose of those speakers. Height speakers weren't introduced to add spatial feeling any more than wide speakers were introduced to add overhead imaging.The height channels have been introduced to add depth , a spatial feeling and airiness to the soundstage
Height speaker processing can't identify rain, wind of flyovers. It has no idea what content is in the soundtracks.This process includes identifying the spatial cues in low-level, uncorrelated information, such as ambiance and effects like rain, wind or flyovers, and directs it to the front height speakers.
Look, I don't mean this as a slight, but it is pretty obvious that you aren't commenting from experience, otherwise you wouldn't be making the comments above. If you had heard TV shows or movie soundtracks encoded using PLII, Circle Surround or LOGIC7, then you would know that 5 or 6 channels can be matrixed into 2 channels without loss of quality.Its right that 2 discrete channels can hold more than 2 matrixed channels , the context on which i stated the number of channels as 2 was that as per the sound industry only a very good quality of stereo source which consists of 2 discrete L and R channels can hold up two matrix channels of an acceptable quality , you just cannot add extra channels without losing some quality.
Again, simply not true. Plenty of unencoded music decodes fine using matrix decoders.If a source is not encoded with the proper dolby surround encoder rules then the prologic decoder will never be able to decode things properly a very good example of this are certain recordings in which the dialogue tends to leak into the surround channels.
What do you mean "supposed to be"? There are no soundtracks on home video with any sounds that were deliberately mixed and intended to image overhead. If know of any soundtracks where the mixer explicitly mentions height information (sounds that are "supposed to be" above you) then please post the name of those movies.not all the information in a surround channel is supposed to be placed over head , some times there are only certain sound elements which are supposed to be placed over head
This isn't about being satisfied. I know a lot of people who are satisfied with a Bose clock radio, but that doesn't make it high fidelity. Likewise, you may be satisfied with whatever sounds get sent to the height speakers, but that doesn't make it encoded (or intended) height information. Blurring that distinction serves no useful purpose.If you are still not convinced with what dts,dolby,audyssey and yamaha have done its your own view . There are a lot of people like me who are satisfied .
5.1 is going to remain the norm for a long time.
Surround processing breaks down into two groups: ambience extraction and ambience generation. PLIIz and Neo:X are examples of the former while DSX and CinemaDSP are examples of the latter.I would love to see the details of Audyssey DSX, Dolby PLIIz, DTS Neo:X methods of extracting height elements and you forgot cinema dsp hd3 from yamaha here .
Absolutely. Modern receivers, like your Onkyo, can scale the number of incoming channels to the number of speakers in your layout. So, 2-channel material can be upmixed to 5.1 speakers while 6.1/7.1-channel material will be downmixed to 5.1 speakers. You never have to worry about any content or additional channels being thrown out. You'll hear everything, just with fewer speakers.My understanding is that 7.1 or any other above 5.1, when played through the 5.1 Receiver/Amp will downsample to 5.1 without losing any audio content. Is this correct?
When sounds are decorrelated that means they are out of phase and don't form a phantom image. To hear the difference, play a song with strong vocals using only 2 speakers. Notice that the vocals form a coherent phantom image at the centre of the soundstage. Now wire one of the speakers out of phase (swap the red and black connections on the back of one speaker). Now you will hear what it sounds like when decorrelated. You won't be able to localize any specific imaging.to be honest i don't understand any of the above terms clearly like... "decorrelated or non-coherent, ambience extraction, ambience generation, early reflections, reverberations".
You want me to fantasize in my imagination what it will sound like to listen to the first 5 minutes of 'Ratatouille' using different height processing and then tell you what happened in my fantasy? That would be a complete fabrication. What purpose would that serve? (I mean, besides finding out how active my imagination is.)So keeping that in mind can u tell us how the "Rain scene in First 5 minutes of Ratatouille which has a lot of "Rain & Thunder" will sound different via different each of the above methods ?