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Engineering Brief

A Free Database of Head Related Impulse Response Measurements in the Horizontal Plane with Multiple Distances

Authors: Wierstorf, Hagen; Geier, Matthias; Spors, Sascha

AES Convention 130 · Paper 6 · May 2011

Abstract

A freely available database of Head-Related Impulse Response (HRIR) measurements is introduced. The impulse responses were measured in an anechoic chamber using a KEMAR manikin at four different loudspeaker distances—3 m, 2 m, 1 m, and 0.5 m—reaching from the far field to the near field. The loudspeaker was positioned at ear height and the manikin was rotated with a step motor in one degree increments. For the 3 m distance additional measurements have been carried out where the torso stayed fixed and only the artificial head was rotated. In addition to the raw impulse responses there are also data-sets available with a frequency response compensated for the use of several different headphones.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 130
AES Convention
130
Paper number
6
Publication date
May 6, 2011
Session subject
Design and Assessment
Affiliation
T-Labs; Technische Universität Berlin (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Engineering Brief