An Objective Comparison of Stereo Recording Techniques through the Use of Subjective Listener Preference Ratings

Lim W. An Objective Comparison of Stereo Recording Techniques through the Use of Subjective Listener Preference Ratings. In: AES Convention 135. Audio Engineering Society; 2013.pp. 8997:1-4. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17045

@inproceedings{Lim2013_17045,
  author = {Lim, Wei},
  title = {{An Objective Comparison of Stereo Recording Techniques through the Use of Subjective Listener Preference Ratings}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 135},
  pages = {8997:1-4},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17045},
  year = {2013},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  address = {New York}
}

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AB  - Stereo microphone techniques offer audio engineers the ability to capture a soundscape that approximates how one might hear realistically. To illustrate the differences between six common stereo microphone techniques, namely XY, Blumlein, ORTF, NOS, AB, and Faulkner, I asked 12 study participants to rate recordings of a Yamaha Disklavier piano. I examined the inter-rating correlation between subjects to find a preferential trend toward near-coincidental techniques. Further evaluation showed that there was a preference for clarity over spatial content in a recording. Subjects did not find that wider microphone placements provided for more spacious-sounding recordings. Using this information, this paper also discusses the need to re-evaluate how microphone techniques are typically categorized by distance between microphones.
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