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Convention Paper

Headphone Transparification: A Novel Method for Investigating the Externalization of Binaural Sounds

Authors: Moore, Alastair H.; Tew, Anthony I.; Nicol, Rozenn

AES Convention 123 · Paper 7166 · October 2007

Abstract

The only way to be certain that binaurally rendered sounds are properly externalised is to compare them to real sound sources in a discrimination experiment. However, the presence of the headphones required for the binaural rendering interfere with the real sound source. A novel technique is presented which uses small compensating signals applied to the headphones at the same time as the real source is active, such that the signals reaching the ears are the same as if the headphones were not present.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 123
AES Convention
123
Paper number
7166
Publication date
October 6, 2007
Session subject
Perception
Affiliation
University of York; France Telecom R&D (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper