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Conference Paper

The Psychoacoustics of Multichannel Audio

Authors: Stuart, J. Robert

AES Conference: UK 11th Conference: Audio for New Media (ANM) · Paper ANM-12 · March 1996

Abstract

This is a tutorial paper giving an introduction to the perception of multichannel sound reproduction. The important underlying psychoacoustic phenomena are reviewed -- starting with the behaviour of the auditory periphery and moving on through binaural perception, central binaural phenomena and cognition.: : The author highlights the way the perception of a recording can be changed according to the number of replay channels used. The paper opens the question of relating perceptual and cognitive responses to directional sound or to sound fields.

Details

Published in
AES Conference: UK 11th Conference: Audio for New Media (ANM)
Paper number
ANM-12
Publication date
March 6, 1996
Session subject
Audio for New Media
Affiliation
Meridian Audio, Huntingdon, UK (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Conference Paper