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Vertical Localization of Sounds with Frequencies Changing over Three Octaves

Authors: Miyasaka, Eiichi

AES Convention 128 · Paper 8152 · May 2010

Abstract

Vertical localization was investigated for sounds consisting of 22 tone-bursts ascending/descending along the whole-tone scale between C4 (262Hz) and C7(2093Hz). The kinds of the sounds used were pure tones, one-third octave band noises and piano-tones. The sounds were presented through a fixed loudspeaker (SP-A) set up just in front of listeners with numbered cards set perpendicularly (case-1) or with seven dummy loudspeakers attached to the numbered cards (case-2). The results show that most observers perceived the locations of the sound images moved upward from a loudspeaker around SP-A for the ascending sounds or downward for the descending sounds in both cases, although the sounds were radiated through the fixed loudspeaker(SP-A).

Details

Published in
AES Convention 128
AES Convention
128
Paper number
8152
Publication date
May 6, 2010
Session subject
Listening Tests and Evaluation Psychoacoustics
Affiliation
Tokyo City University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper