A Hybrid Method Combining Synthesis of a Sound Field and Control of Acoustic Contrast

Møller MB, Olsen M, Jacobsen F. A Hybrid Method Combining Synthesis of a Sound Field and Control of Acoustic Contrast. In: AES Convention 132. Audio Engineering Society; 2012. Paper 8627. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=16265

@inproceedings{Moller2012_16265,
  author = {Møller, Martin Bo and Olsen, Martin and Jacobsen, Finn},
  title = {{A Hybrid Method Combining Synthesis of a Sound Field and Control of Acoustic Contrast}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 132},
  note = {Paper 8627},
  year = {2012},
  month = apr,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=16265}
}

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TI  - A Hybrid Method Combining Synthesis of a Sound Field and Control of Acoustic Contrast
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AU  - Jacobsen, Finn
T2  - AES Convention 132
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PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012/04/06
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AB  - Spatially confined regions with different sound field characteristics, in the following referred to as sound zones, may be desired in some situations. Recently, various sound field control methods for generating separate sound zones have been proposed in the literature. The different algorithms introduce different levels of control over the physical characteristics of the resulting sound fields. This paper introduces a hybrid of two existing methods employed for obtaining sound zones: 'Energy Difference Maximization' for control of the sound field energy distribution and 'Pressure Matching' which contributes with synthesis of a desired sound field. The hybrid method introduces a tradeoff between acoustic contrast between two sound zones and the degree to which the phase is controlled in the optimized sound fields.
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