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Advanced Multichannel Audio Systems with Superior Impression of Presence and Reality

Authors: Hamasaki, Kimio; Nishiguchi, Toshiyuki; Hiyama, Koichiro; Ono, Kazuho

AES Convention 116 · Paper 6053 · May 2004

Abstract

Various sound systems have been studied at NHK with the objective of developing the next-generation broadcasting system. This paper introduces an ultimate 22.2 multichannel audio system for ultrahigh-definition video with 4000 scanning lines, and an advanced multichannel sound system with frontal loudspeakers placed in several rows for reproducing a live sound field. The former system has three vertical layers of loudspeakers with 2 LFEs, namely 3 loudspeakers at the bottom layer, 10 loudspeakers at the middle layer, 9 loudspeakers at the upper layer and 2 LFEs. The latter system consists of frontal loudspeaker-ranks and rear loudspeaker-arrays for reproducing a natural impression of depth and ambience. This paper describes the principal advantages of the newly proposed multichannel audio system over ordinary multichannel sound systems such as the 5.1.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 116
AES Convention
116
Paper number
6053
Publication date
May 6, 2004
Session subject
Multichannel Sound
Affiliation
NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratories, Tokyo, Japan (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper