Additional resources
To help improve your surround experiments, the following is a list of additional software tools and surround-related information free on the internet.
Related threads and posts in the Doom9 Audio Encoding forum
Simulate Hardware Stereo to Quadraphonic
Does it make sense to convert a stereo audio track of a movie to surround?
Determining channel order and output monitoring on Audigy 2 and Audigy 2 ZS systems
Guide: Transcoding DTS files in Foobar2000 by
Kurtnoise13
Confirmation that SurCode outputs 24-bit files
Stereo to AC3 5.1?
DTS NEO:6 upmixing / Audigy 2
5.1 Surround and 6 channel Gain groups for Plogue Bidule by
Joshbm
Update to 5.1 Surround Bidule group by
Joshbm
Upsampling before converting stereo to surround?
Prologic II to AC3 conversion? Prologic II to AC3 conversion?
SixWAVE to AC3 by
Amnon82
UHJ and Ambisonic equations suited for Dolby Pro Logic material by
Sycho
Preliminary version of Cool Edit/Aurora Ambisonics method by
Eye of Horus
Best ways to encode output by
Eye of Horus
Rear surround reverb suggestions??? 1
Rear surround reverb suggestions??? 2
mono to stereo to 5.1....possible?
DTS surround?
Taking CD tracks and converting to 5.1 audio by
Trooper11
SAD5.1 Bidule
from single 6-WAV file direct to prologic?
GUIDE : *.DTS to *.WAV (DTS/WAV)
upmixing mono to 5.1
Simple 5.1>WXYZ>5.1 using AC3 Filter
5.1 to WXYZ and Back
The Dolby Surround Pro Logic II Matrix
2 Channel Stereo WAV file to AC3 5.1 Dolby Digital?
Dolby Surround / Prologic / Prologic II
Real B-format recordings
Tremendous bittorrent-based resource for real ambisonic recordings. Note: these are not really "bootleg" recordings but rather they are personal B-format recordings shared by audio professionals.
DirectX-based Ambisonic decoders
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Wigware Ambisonic Decoder (WAD) DirectX Filter by Dr. Bruce Wiggins for ITU 5.1 and traditional layouts.
VST plugins
Wigware Ambisonic Decoder (WAD) VST plugins for 1st- and 2nd-order decoding by Dr. Bruce Wiggins for ITU 5.1 and traditional layouts.
2-2-3 Center Channel Generator VST Plugin
Circle Surround SRS VST in Bidule
K-v-R : VST DX AU Supporting Open Standard Audio Plugins
Commercial plugin SRS VST and link to an interesting French site
Catt
General Reading and Information
Barry Diament Audio articles
Imperfect Sound Forever
Steve Hoffman web site forums
Audio and Three-Dimensional Sound Links
Expert Forums from Gig, EQ, Keyboard, Surround Professional & MusicPlayer
You Are Surrounded
Surround Sound: Exploration of Multichannel Audio
The Recording Academy's Producers & Engineers Wing Recommendations For Surround Sound Production
AfterDawn.com: Forums: High resolution audio
Hydrogenaudio Forums
Impulse Reponses
Noisevault
Scientific/engineering
Sursound mailing list
United States Patent: 5,594,800: Sound reproduction system having a matrix converter
Third-Order Ambisonic Decoder BDec3
First and Second Order Ambisonic Decoding Equations
Conversion between UHJ and B-format
Software
Plogue Bidule - modular audio software that offers endless possibilities for connections, routings, etc. Truly an amazing program.
WaveWizard - excellent soundfile utility that simplifies many tasks
Tranzcode+ TranzGUI - effective decoding/splitting tool for multichannel WAV and DTS/DTSWAV files
BeLight - new up-to-date GUI for BeSweet
ASIO4ALL - ASIO Driver for WDM soundcards
KX Project - Free ASIO driver for most Soundblaster Live! and Audigy soundcards
ASIO2KS - ASIO driver for WDM soundcards
If you have any other good links to surround articles, information, software, etc., feel free to post them here or send them to
UrsaMtl in a PM for inclusion in a list here.