I believe it should read something like:

kElev - elevation value in degrees. Positive values represent position above
the
horizontal plane, negative values are positions below the horizontal plane.

-David.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Mealey [mailto:rickmealey@netscape.net]
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 1999 4:01 PM
> To: csound@maths.ex.ac.uk
> Subject: hrtfer: splitting hairs re manual definition
> 
> 
> Hello...
> 
> Having a look at the hrtfer page of the manual as I'm about to begin
> experimenting with it, and I'm confused about something I'm 
> seeing. Here's how
> the manual differentiates between kAz (azimuth) and kElev (elevation):
> 
> ===
> kAz - azimuth value in degrees. Positive values represent 
> position on the
> right, negative values are positions on the left.
> 
> kElev - elevation value in degrees. Positive values represent 
> position on the
> right, negative values are positions on the left.
> ===
> 
> Surely both of these values can't be denoting positions on 
> the left/right
> plane? Wouldn't one of them, say, kElev, actually be pointing 
> to the up/down
> plane? And if so, would a positive value represent elevations 
> above the ear?
> 
> Or am I misreading this and the manual is correct?
> 
> Just asking,
> 
> Rick
> 
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