Re: Immersive sound

[andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>]

Robert Fripp had a nice quad system when I saw him at Norwich Cathedral.

Some of his loops would gradually fade from his front pair of speakers 
into a second pair behind the audience.
Very effective, gave the impression of sounds hanging in the air.



Travis Hartnett wrote:
> Have you tried the three speaker setup described by Eno (I think it's
> in the liner notes for "On Land")?  

Yep, it's on the back cover of Ambient 4 on land.
Also says that a higher impedance 3rd speaker van be used if you want 
lower volume, or use a potentiometer.

I noticed that adding this speaker reduces the difference between the L 
and R speakers, although this effect is less with a high impedance 
speaker (could use a series resistance of suitable wattage)

It seemed better when the 3rd speaker was quite quiet.


Generally the "black" speaker connectors are both earthed together, so 
the +VE terminals are a better bet.

One unsatisfactory thing about this setup is that it's assymetric, the 
3rd speaker is in phase with one of the main speakers and not the other
so there's always a hole in the surround.
My theoretical "solution" was a figure 8 pattern speaker.

Could always try to hook up 2 extra speakers, in series with opposite 
phase, and then try various positions.

andy butler