Hi,
my laptop trio Endphase (http://www.endphase.net/) is going to work out our archived recordings, so that we get decent stereo versions to spread around. Since many of them are multichannel (from 4 to 8) in different setups (not necessarily only 2d around the audience), we'll be searching for efficient ways to try to "convert" the original audio to stereo. That is, having a good as possible compromise between both situations, knowing that a 100% simulation is impossible.
This is a field that I don't know that well, and we're still in the beginning of the work. Does anyone has any suggestions to which approaches are best? Ambisonics, phase inversion, hrtf, home medicine? Are any of these also available through Pd? (it would be nice to mix/spacialize the materials in Pd)
Thanks,
João Pais