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- From: andrewm@zooid.guild.org (Andrew McCallum)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
- Subject: Re: Gravis UltraSound 3D!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.233217.20345@zooid.guild.org>
- Date: 11 Jan 93 21:42:00 GMT
- References: <1993Jan10.142628.5243@ida.liu.se>
- Sender: Andrew McCallum <andrewm@zooid.guild.org>
- Organization: The Zoo of Ids
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- X-To: PETER /\/\ODIN
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- From e91petmo@odalix.ida.liu.se (Peter /\/\odin)
- >A year or so ago, one of the national radio stations here in Sweden aired
- >a series of 3D-sound plays. They had a (really expensive) head-shaped mike
- >(in the "ears"), and everything took place around it. An actor also wore
- >mikes placed at HIS ears, and they switced between these sources (you needed
- >to use headphones). For instance, they recorded him eating an apple, and it
- >really sounded like I did it. And when he walked around the head I could
- >hear him behind me, to the left, in front, etc. It really works.
- >However, true surround sound with SPEAKERS requires a different approach
- >(and probably more than two of them)
-
- I'm hopeing that Gravis will also send out a utility that would let you
- configure the placement of you speakers/headphones with the GUS. You could
- have options, like are the speakers behind, in front, or on the sides of
- you. Etc etc..
-
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