Adventures in 3D Sound

Gempler
Gempler Posts: 308
edited October 2012 in 2 Channel Audio
There was a story on NPR's Studio 360 radio show today about a new sound processor created by the Director of Princton University's Electric Propulsion and Plasma Dynamics Laboratory. The story is over a year old but I never heard about it before nor saw any discussion about it here so I thought I would post it. The concept seemed similar to the original intent of Polk's SDA technology. You can listen to the whole radio story as well as a sample of the 3D sound for stereo speakers or headphones by following this link:
http://www.studio360.org/2011/apr/29/adventures-3d-sound/
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  • Dawgfish
    Dawgfish Posts: 2,554
    edited October 2012
    It just goes to show how far Mathew Polk and company were ahead of their time. When they play Pink Floyd's Money in the above link it sounds a lot like how the SACD sounds being played through my SDAs, only not as good!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,561
    edited October 2012
    It just goes to show how far Mathew Polk and company were ahead of their time.

    Indeed!
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited October 2012
    Pretty cool. I wonder if most people in the 2ch community will accept this extra processing if it becomes mainstream. The demos were neat.

    Noticed this: The trick is to cancel the crosstalk without altering the sound quality-something no one has ever quite pulled off until now.
    Didn't SDA cancel crosstalk without altering sound quality?
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,561
    edited October 2012
    Didn't SDA cancel crosstalk without altering sound quality?

    Sure did. They need to brush up on their history.

    Q Sound did it as well.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited October 2012
    Aaah, I had completely forgotten about Q Sound.
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