Audio Object Separation Using Microphone Array Beamforming

Coleman P, Jackson P, Francombe J. Audio Object Separation Using Microphone Array Beamforming. In: AES Convention 138. Audio Engineering Society; 2015. Paper 9296. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17720

@inproceedings{Coleman2015_17720,
  author = {Coleman, Philip and Jackson, Philip and Francombe, Jon},
  title = {{Audio Object Separation Using Microphone Array Beamforming}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 138},
  note = {Paper 9296},
  year = {2015},
  month = may,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17720}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - Audio Object Separation Using Microphone Array Beamforming
AU  - Coleman, Philip
AU  - Jackson, Philip
AU  - Francombe, Jon
T2  - AES Convention 138
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PY  - 2015
DA  - 2015/05/06
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PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - Audio production is moving toward an object-based approach, where content is represented as audio together with metadata that describe the sound scene. From current object definitions, it would usually be expected that the audio portion of the object is free from interfering sources. This poses a potential problem for object-based capture, if microphones cannot be placed close to a source. This paper investigates the application of microphone array beamforming to separate a mixture into distinct audio objects. Real mixtures recorded by a 48-channel microphone array in reflective rooms were separated, and the results were evaluated using perceptual models in addition to physical measures based on the beam pattern. The effect of interfering objects was reduced by applying the beamforming techniques.
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