AES San Francisco 2010
Workshop W1
Thursday, November 4, 9:30 am — 11:15 am (Room 206)
W1 - Applications of Time-Frequency Processing in Spatial Audio
Chair:
Ville Pulkki, Aalto University School of Science and Technology - Helsinki, Finland
Panelists:
Christof Faller, Illusonic LLC
Aki Harma, Philips Research Laboratories
Jean-Marc Jot, DTS Inc.
Abstract:
The time-frequency resolution of human hearing has been taken into account for long time in perceptual audio codecs. Recently, the spatial resolution of humans has been exploited in time-frequency processing as well. This has already lead to some commercial applications. This workshop covers the capabilities and incapabilities of human spatial hearing and the audio techniques that exploit these features. Typically the techniques are based on the estimation of directional information for each auditory frequency channels, which information is then used in further processing. The application areas discussed in the workshop include audio coding, microphone techniques, upmixing, directional microphones, and studio effects.
