Re: 4-channel audio channel layout

Chris Caudle <[email protected]> Sat, 04 Jul 2026 14:48:45 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.linux.audio.users
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On July 4, 2026 1:02:52 PM CDT, "Jeanette C=2E" <jeanette@freeshell=2Ede> w=
rote:

> I am working on a quadraphonic piece,
> to be reproduced in a concert venue=2E I
> have searched the web and some of=20
> my local tools which support 4-channel=20
> processing, but couldn't find any answer,=20
> if there are standard layouts/mappings=20
>to store four channels in a file=2E


Probably the best course is find a tech person from the venue that you can=
 talk to=2E My guess is that there are multiple answers which could be reas=
onable, but you won't know which of those answers that particular venue can=
 support without asking=2E=20
One of the possibilities could be to use a 5=2E1 style movie channel layou=
t and just don't use the center and LF effects channels, but there are two =
different standards even for that, so no good way to make a single suggesti=
on=2E

-- Chris C