Yes, I agree; the issue for me is really what one can do with a multi-channel
file once made, if most software cannot load it, and most hardware will not play
it! There will always be proprietary formats, and I have no problem with that;
what is needed is a generic, portable, cross-platform format which all
manufacturers recognize and support - and both WAVE and AIFF can do that very
nicely. It is a frustrating chicken/egg situation, and perhaps will only resolve
itself whan a major company creates a 'killer-app' using multi-channel WAVE
files. I am hoping that the emerging DVD/AC3 market will trigger such
developments; so anyone who develops a really good six-channel reverb should
appoint a good agent and business manager as soon as possible! Needless to say,
it's something I'm 'working on'...

Richard Dobson

Graeme Gerrard wrote:
> 
> Richard,
> Yes, there is a problem with format compatibility and whether apps fully
> implement say, for example, the full WAV spec.  Some systems only use
> proprietary
> formats at the moment; that will be to their detriment in future I expect.
> 
> But Richard, this is really off the point, and not any kind of reason
> for Csound not to support multichannel files itself.
> 
>