AES New York 2015
Live Sound Track Event EB5
Saturday, October 31, 3:45 pm — 4:15 pm (Room 1A07)
Engineering Brief: EB5 - Acoustics
Chair:
Jung Wook (Jonathan) Hong, McGill University - Montreal, QC, Canada; GKL Audio Inc. - Montreal, QC, Canada
EB5-1 Visualization of Compact Microphone Array Room Impulse Responses—Luca Remaggi, University of Surrey - Guildford, Surrey, UK; Philip Jackson, University of Surrey - Guildford, Surrey, UK; Philip Coleman, University of Surrey - Guildford, Surrey, UK; Jon Francombe, University of Surrey - Guildford, Surrey, UK
For many audio applications, availability of recorded multichannel room impulse responses (MC-RIRs) is fundamental. They enable development and testing of acoustic systems for reflective rooms. We present multiple MC-RIR datasets recorded in diverse rooms, using up to 60 loudspeaker positions and various uniform compact microphone arrays. These datasets complement existing RIR libraries and have dense spatial sampling of a listening position. To reveal the encapsulated spatial information, several state of the art room visualization methods are presented. Results confirm the measurement fidelity and graphically depict the geometry of the recorded rooms. Further investigation of these recordings and visualization methods will facilitate object-based RIR encoding, integration of audio with other forms of spatial information, and meaningful extrapolation and manipulation of recorded compact microphone array RIRs.
Engineering Brief 218 (Download now)
EB5-2 Sensible 21st Century Saxophone Selection —Thomas Mitchell, University of Miami - Coral Gables, FL, USA
This paper presents a method for selecting a saxophone, using data mining techniques with both subjective and objective data as criteria. Immediate, subjective personal impressions are given equal weight with more-objective observations made after the fact, and with hard data distilled from audio data using MIR Toolbox. Offshoots and directions for future research are considered.
Engineering Brief 219 (Download now)
