biggun wrote:
3) 8-bit pan register (-127 full left, 127 full right)
I agree, that panning is useful.
Its certainly good to be able to put some voices in the center. But I feel that 8 bit panning volume is overkill and not needed for most cases. I would prefer have simpler HW panning support for the majority of cases.
What is your opinion as musician:
Cheers
Gunnar
I am not a musician, but I have several pieces of music where sound pans from one speaker to the other, the effect could not be achieved with only 4bit or less panning, so a musician who wants to move sound between speakers needs 8bit panning.
It would also be useful in games where the sound can come from the sound source on screen rather than from off screen.
Something that is far beyond your goal, would be the ability to positions sounds anywhere in 3d space using panning between 8 speakers.
