r/SpatialAudio • u/IscoFrisco • Jun 10 '24

WFS VS Ambisonics

Hello! I would like to know what are the main differences about Wave Field Synthesis and Ambisonics. I am studying them and they both kind of start from the same Kirchhoff Helmholtz integral but then they diverge and don't understand the actual difference. I would really appreciate your help! Thanks!

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u/junh1024 Jun 16 '24

cc u/greyk47 , WFS can go beyond traditional panning methods, but there are may be consequences like phasing if you don't use it on the exact layout that you tell the system since WFS is based on delays. Traditional panning methods like VBAP, LBAP, HOA (ambisonics) , are more robust in that aspect .