A Pilot Study on Tone-Dependent Directivity Patterns of Musical Instruments

Corcuera Marruffo A, Chatziioannou V. A Pilot Study on Tone-Dependent Directivity Patterns of Musical Instruments. In: AES Conference: AES 2022 International Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality Conference. Audio Engineering Society; 2022. Paper 33. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=21863

@inproceedings{CorcueraMarruffo2022_21863,
  author = {Corcuera Marruffo, Andrea and Chatziioannou, Vasileios},
  title = {{A Pilot Study on Tone-Dependent Directivity Patterns of Musical Instruments}},
  booktitle = {AES Conference: AES 2022 International Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality Conference},
  note = {Paper 33},
  year = {2022},
  month = aug,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=21863}
}

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TI  - A Pilot Study on Tone-Dependent Directivity Patterns of Musical Instruments
AU  - Corcuera Marruffo, Andrea
AU  - Chatziioannou, Vasileios
T2  - AES Conference: AES 2022 International Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality Conference
M1  - Paper 33
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/08/06
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PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - Musical instruments are complex sources that radiate sound with directivity patterns that are not only frequency dependent, but can also change as a function of the tone played. Using a publicly available musical instrument directivity database, this paper analyzes the tone-specific directivity patterns of three instruments and compares them to their averaged directivities. A further listening test is conducted to determine whether differences between auralizations using averaged directivities and tone-specific directivities are audible under anechoic conditions. The results show that the differences are audible for woodwind and string instruments, and less noticeable for brass instruments.
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