Abstract: Method for creating an audio environment having N speakers HPi, i=1 . . . N fed by N signals Si, i=1 . . . N generated from M theoretical signals STj, j=1 . . . M provided to feed M theoretical speakers HPTj, j=1 . . . M , wherein: position information is determined relating to the N speakers HPi, i=1 . . . N and a listening point, the two theoretical speakers HPTj and HPTj+1 which would be angularly closest to a speaker HPi, the signal Si is determined according to the following equation: Si=Gi[STj(GpijGeij)+STj+1(Gpi(j+1)Gei(j+1))]e?i??i wherein: Gpij and Gpi(j+1) are panning gains, Geij and Gei(j+1) are balancing gains Gi and i are a positioning gain and delay, respectively, which enable the speakers HPi, i=1 . . . N to be virtually repositioned in terms of distance so that all sounds intended to simultaneously arrive at the listening point according to the encoding format actually arrive therein simultaneously, irrespective of the remoteness of the speakers relative to the listening point.

Abstract: Method for creating an audio environment having N speakers HPi, i=1 . . . N fed by N signals Si, i=1 . . . N generated from M theoretical signals STj, j=1 . . . M provided to feed M theoretical speakers HPTj, j=1 . . . M wherein: position information is determined relating to the N speakers HPi, i=1 . . . N and a listening point, the two theoretical speakers HPTj and HPTj+1 which would be angularly closest to a speaker HPi, the signal Si is determined according to the following equation: Si=Gi[STj(GpijGeij)+STj+1(Gpi(j+1)Gei(j+1))]e?i??i wherein: Gpij and Gpi(j+1) are panning gains, Geij and Gei(j+1) are balancing gains Gi and i are a positioning gain and delay, respectively, which enable the speakers HPi, i=1 . . . N to be virtually repositioned in terms of distance so that all sounds intended to simultaneously arrive at the listening point according to the encoding format actually arrive therein simultaneously, irrespective of the remoteness of the speakers relative to the listening point.

Abstract: Apparatus for storing plate-like members in a compact volume in upright position, and for removing those members from storage and laying them in a horizontal series and returning the members to storage, is useful for example in the laying of a support for supporting amusement vehicles, for example in a traveling fair or circus. A vertically swinging assembly separates the members one by one from storage and swings them down to horizontal position and then pushes them so that each member pushes in front of it, along the trackway, the members previously deposited. The members are stored in pendant relationship on inclined tracks that terminate downwardly in an abutment, which ensure their sequential but groupwise feeding to the position at which the vertically swinging assembly engages them, lifts them out of contact with the abutment, and then lowers them.