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Old 10-05-2019, 10:43 PM   #3
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Also, don't forget that the result depends a lot of the sound content.
With only 6 horizontal speakers 1st order can be enough for ambient recordings and will allow a good spatial covering.

On the other hand, if the content comes from something that has been processed previously without ambisonics, yes, having the higher order is better even with a low number of speakers to keep the original accuracy.

But if it has already been encoded in 1st order, the damage is done and the upscaling process can even make it worse, mostly with the Compass plugin that allows extreme spectral and transients transformations...
In that case, it might be better to avoid multiple processing stages and directly use the Compas Decoder with your 1st order file.
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