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New audio technology could revolutionize the industry

article published on 17 December, 2008

A group of scientists have developed a new audio technology in the Helsinki University of Technology (TKK). Directional audio coding (DirAC) technique aims to produce the best possible sound for the listener regardless of how many speakers the sound system has and where the speakers are located. TKK has now sold the protecting patents to a German research organization Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. ... [ read the full article ]

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mike.m
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_ 		17. December 2008 @ 15:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It would be great to have excellent surround sound with only 1-3 channels. Definitely buying if it doesn't come with a hefty price tag.
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bryston
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_ 		17. December 2008 @ 22:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Does this mean endo will not need all his speakers then ? Hmmmmm.....

Just asking :)

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ugc
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_ 		18. December 2008 @ 08:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I think you would still need all your speakers. This can not produce sound where there is none. But it could take the 3 channels of information and send them in a special way to your 8 speaker setup. Also, this must be meant to replace just 2 channel stereo audio. There would be no way it could replace 5.1 or higher, because the info would be missing on the other channels.

I guess for the true way this will work, we are going to have to wait for the final stage to be complete.
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ThePastor
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_ 		18. December 2008 @ 15:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Using a bit of imagination I could see this as being quite cool. I don't see why the metadata couldn't separate the sounds for each speaker from two sound channels into true 8 speaker (or more) surround sound. It would obviously have to be recorded on a system that can record the metadata.
Basically put all of the sound in two channels and then tell the player which sound from which channel to send to which speaker.
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maxikaz
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_ 		18. December 2008 @ 16:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
sounds great, i will buy it if the price won't be high
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_ 		20. December 2008 @ 00:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
you will still need at least a two channel system with a sub-woofer
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