Auditory Distance Rendering Using a Standard 5.1 Loudspeaker Layout

Laitinen MV, Walther A, Plogsties J, Pulkki V. Auditory Distance Rendering Using a Standard 5.1 Loudspeaker Layout. In: AES Convention 139. Audio Engineering Society; 2015. Paper 9435. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17991

@inproceedings{Laitinen2015_17991,
  author = {Laitinen, Mikko-Ville and Walther, Andreas and Plogsties, Jan and Pulkki, Ville},
  title = {{Auditory Distance Rendering Using a Standard 5.1 Loudspeaker Layout}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 139},
  note = {Paper 9435},
  year = {2015},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17991}
}

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TI  - Auditory Distance Rendering Using a Standard 5.1 Loudspeaker Layout
AU  - Laitinen, Mikko-Ville
AU  - Walther, Andreas
AU  - Plogsties, Jan
AU  - Pulkki, Ville
T2  - AES Convention 139
M1  - Paper 9435
PY  - 2015
DA  - 2015/10/06
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PB  - Audio Engineering Society
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AB  - Human hearing is known to be sensitive to the distances of sound sources. However, spatial-sound rendering systems typically do not allow controlling the distance of the auditory objects. This paper proposes a distance-rendering method that uses standard 5.1 loudspeaker layouts. The proposed method applies an input signal to multiple loudspeakers and controls the gains and the coherence of the loudspeaker signals. In addition, the method is combined with amplitude panning, thus allowing to continuously control both the distance and the direction of the auditory objects. Based on listening tests, the proposed method was found to provide the ability to realistically manipulate the perception of both direction and distance.
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