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Modeling Sound Localization of Amplitude-Panned Phantom Sources in Sagittal Planes

Authors: Baumgartner, Robert; Majdak, Piotr

AES Convention 134 · Paper 8910 · May 2013

Abstract

Localization of sound sources in sagittal planes (front/back and top/down) relies on listener-specific monaural spectral cues. A functional model approximating human processing of spectro-spatial information is applied to assess localization of phantom sources created by amplitude panning of coherent loudspeaker signals. Based on model predictions we investigated the localization of phantom sources created by loudspeakers positioned in the front and in the back, the effect of loudspeaker span and panning ratio on localization performance in the median plane, and the amount of spatial coverage provided by common surround sound systems. Our findings are discussed in the light of previous results from psychoacoustic experiments.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 134
AES Convention
134
Paper number
8910
Publication date
May 6, 2013
Session subject
Spatial Audio
Affiliation
Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper