Binaural Resynthesis for Comparative Studies of Acoustical Environments

Lindau A, Hohn T, Weinzierl S. Binaural Resynthesis for Comparative Studies of Acoustical Environments. In: AES Convention 122. Audio Engineering Society; 2007. Paper 7032. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=14017

@inproceedings{Lindau2007_14017,
  author = {Lindau, Alexander and Hohn, Torben and Weinzierl, Stefan},
  title = {{Binaural Resynthesis for Comparative Studies of Acoustical Environments}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 122},
  note = {Paper 7032},
  year = {2007},
  month = may,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=14017}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - Binaural Resynthesis for Comparative Studies of Acoustical Environments
AU  - Lindau, Alexander
AU  - Hohn, Torben
AU  - Weinzierl, Stefan
T2  - AES Convention 122
M1  - Paper 7032
PY  - 2007
DA  - 2007/05/06
UR  - https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=14017
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - A framework for comparative studies of binaurally resynthesized acoustical environments is presented. It consists of a software-controlled, automated head and torso simulator with multiple degrees of freedom, an integrated measurement device for the acquisition of binaural impulse responses in high spatial resolution, a head-tracked realtime convolution software capable to render multiple acoustic scenes at a time, and a user interface to conduct listening tests according to different test designs. Methods to optimize the measurement process are discussed, as well as different approaches to datareduction. Results of a perceptive evaluation of the system are shown, where acoustical reality and binaural resynthesis of an acoustic scene were confronted in direct A/B comparison. The framework permits, for the first time, to study the perception of a listener instantaneously relocated to different binaurally rendered acoustical scenes.
ER  -