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Modification of Louspeaker Generated Posision Cues through Assistant Headphones

Authors: Gunel, Banu

AES Convention 115 · Paper 5974 · October 2003

Abstract

Fidelity of spatial hearing effects generated by loudspeakers degrades outside the sweet spot. This paper proposes a method to analyze a sound scene created by stereo loudspeakers and modify it with the help of assistant headphones. Loudspeaker positions are found by analyzing B-format recordings at the listener position. This information is evaluated to generate signals for assistant headphones. Headphone signals are filtered with head related transfer functions for amplitude panning to change the positions of the loudspeakers. Then, other headphone signals are added which lead the original sounds for further loudspeaker and lag the original sounds for nearer loudspeaker creating direct-echo pairs. The system improves listening conditions outside the sweet spot and is extendable to multiple listeners.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 115
AES Convention
115
Paper number
5974
Publication date
October 6, 2003
Session subject
Spatial Audio
Affiliation
Sonic Arts Research Center (SARC), Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, UK (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper