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Journal Article

Reproducing Sound Fields Using MIMO Acoustic Channel Inversion

Authors: Kolundzija, Mihailo; Faller, Christof; Vetterli, Martin

Journal of the Audio Engineering Society · Volume 59 · Issue 10 · pp. 721–734 · October 2011

Abstract

There are many ways to reproduce a sound field over a wide spatial area using an array of loudspeakers, as for example, wavefield synthesis (WFS), ambisonics, and spectral division methods. A new approach, called sound field reconstruction (SFR), optimally reproduces a desired sound field in a given listening area while keeping loudspeaker driver signals within physical constraints. The reproduction of a continuous sound field is represented as an inversion of the discrete acoustic channel from a loudspeaker array to a grid of control points. Extensive simulations comparing WFS, which is the state of the art, with SFR show that on average SFR provides better reproduction accuracy.

Details

Publication
Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
Volume
59
Issue
10
Pages
721–734
Publication date
October 6, 2011
Affiliation
School of Computer and Communications Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Journal Article