200e

I've been thinking about this too - I play and record in quad (to my  
MacBook running MOTU AudioDesk), and it really does sound better than  
stereo. But I'm not sure that encoding to a surround format is ideal,  
given that many listeners still don't have surround playback  
environments.



One thing I've considered is live air recording in the quad  
environment with a binaural HRTF mic, like this Neumann:



http://www.neumann.com/?lang=en&id=current_microphones&cid=ku100_description



The KU 100 is optimized so that playback of binaural content on stereo  
speakers provides an acceptable stereo field, but still records in  
full binaural for a 3-D listening experience through headphones. Given  
that many more people listen to music through headphones than surround  
speakers, it makes some sense to me to present quad music this way.  
And if you've never heard a true binaural recording, you owe it to  
yourself to download some and listen to them with good headphones -  
the realism and dimensionality of the auditory space is uncanny.



At any rate, I'm going to see if I can rent one and try it out.





> how do you record 4 channel audio from your 227/227e for playback
> outside of your studio? do any of you convert to dolby digital/dts?




Richard Lainhart
http://www.otownmedia.com
http://www.downloadplatform.com/richard_lainhart
http://www.airglowmusic.com






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