Colin Dunn
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I'm wondering why the industry doesn't distribute everything in multi-channel and mix-down on the fly to the end-user's speaker configuration. Blu-ray players already can do this for 5.1 and 7.1 movies being played back on other speaker configurations (2-4 channels), but the idea could be extended to other devices.
For example, for portable music players - why not use "headphone surround" technology (such as Dolby Headphone) to play back a multi-channel recording with a pair of headphones but surround effects?
It seems that for so long, the industry has focused on how to jam multiple channels into a stereo signal. Why not convert to discrete multi-channel signals and adapt to stereo or virtual headphone surround on the fly?
That would solve the multiple-inventory problem by making EVERY recording a surround recording. Stereo listeners would be accommodated with mix-down, and headphone listeners would get 360-degree surround sound.
For example, for portable music players - why not use "headphone surround" technology (such as Dolby Headphone) to play back a multi-channel recording with a pair of headphones but surround effects?
It seems that for so long, the industry has focused on how to jam multiple channels into a stereo signal. Why not convert to discrete multi-channel signals and adapt to stereo or virtual headphone surround on the fly?
That would solve the multiple-inventory problem by making EVERY recording a surround recording. Stereo listeners would be accommodated with mix-down, and headphone listeners would get 360-degree surround sound.