Spatially Oriented Format for Acoustics: A Data Exchange Format Representing Head-Related Transfer Functions

Majdak P, Iwaya Y, Carpentier T, Nicol R, Parmentier M, Roginska A, Suzuki Y, Watanabe K, Wierstorf H, Ziegelwanger H, et al. Spatially Oriented Format for Acoustics: A Data Exchange Format Representing Head-Related Transfer Functions. In: AES Convention 134. Audio Engineering Society; 2013. Paper 8880. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=16781

@inproceedings{Majdak2013_16781,
  author = {Majdak, Piotr and Iwaya, Yukio and Carpentier, Thibaut and Nicol, Rozenn and Parmentier, Matthieu and Roginska, Agnieszka and Suzuki, Yoiti and Watanabe, Kankji and Wierstorf, Hagen and Ziegelwanger, Harald and Noisternig, Markus},
  title = {{Spatially Oriented Format for Acoustics: A Data Exchange Format Representing Head-Related Transfer Functions}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 134},
  note = {Paper 8880},
  year = {2013},
  month = may,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=16781}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - Spatially Oriented Format for Acoustics: A Data Exchange Format Representing Head-Related Transfer Functions
AU  - Majdak, Piotr
AU  - Iwaya, Yukio
AU  - Carpentier, Thibaut
AU  - Nicol, Rozenn
AU  - Parmentier, Matthieu
AU  - Roginska, Agnieszka
AU  - Suzuki, Yoiti
AU  - Watanabe, Kankji
AU  - Wierstorf, Hagen
AU  - Ziegelwanger, Harald
AU  - Noisternig, Markus
T2  - AES Convention 134
M1  - Paper 8880
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2013/05/06
UR  - https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=16781
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - Head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) describe the spatial filtering of the incoming sound. So far available HRTFs are stored in various formats, making an exchange of HRTFs difficult because of incompatibilities between the formats. We propose a format for storing HRTFs with a focus on interchangeability and extendability. The spatially oriented format for acoustics (SOFA) aims at representing HRTFs in a general way, thus, allowing to store data such as directional room impulse responses (DRIRs) measured with a microphone-array excited by a loudspeaker array. SOFA specifications consider data compression, network transfer, a link to complex room geometries, and aim at simplifying the development of programming interfaces for Matlab, Octave, and C++. SOFA conventions for a consistent description of measurement setups are provided for future HRTF and DRIR databases.
ER  -