Dual Radius Spherical Cardioid Microphone Arrays for Binaural Auralization

Melchior F, Thiergart O, Del Galdo G, de Vries D, Brix S. Dual Radius Spherical Cardioid Microphone Arrays for Binaural Auralization. In: AES Convention 127. Audio Engineering Society; 2009. Paper 7855. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=15050

@inproceedings{Melchior2009_15050,
  author = {Melchior, Frank and Thiergart, Oliver and Del Galdo, Giovanni and de Vries, Diemer and Brix, Sandra},
  title = {{Dual Radius Spherical Cardioid Microphone Arrays for Binaural Auralization}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 127},
  note = {Paper 7855},
  year = {2009},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=15050}
}

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TI  - Dual Radius Spherical Cardioid Microphone Arrays for Binaural Auralization
AU  - Melchior, Frank
AU  - Thiergart, Oliver
AU  - Del Galdo, Giovanni
AU  - de Vries, Diemer
AU  - Brix, Sandra
T2  - AES Convention 127
M1  - Paper 7855
PY  - 2009
DA  - 2009/10/06
UR  - https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=15050
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - The direction dependent analysis of impulse response measurements using spherical microphone arrays can deliver a universal basis for binaural auralization. A new method using dual radius open sphere arrays is proposed to overcome limitations in practical realizations of such arrays. Different methods to combine the two radii have been analyzed and will be presented. A plane wave decomposition in conjunction with a high resolution HRTF database is used to generate a binaural auralization, wherein the different designs are simulated under ideal and real conditions. The results have been evaluated in a quality grading experiment. It is shown that the dual radius cardioids design is an effective method to enhance the perceived quality in comparison to conventional spherical array designs.
ER  -