Adapting Audio Quality Assessment Procedures for Engineering Practice

Berg J, Lefford N. Adapting Audio Quality Assessment Procedures for Engineering Practice. In: AES Convention 139. Audio Engineering Society; 2015. Paper 9394. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17951

@inproceedings{Berg2015_17951,
  author = {Berg, Jan and Lefford, Nyssim},
  title = {{Adapting Audio Quality Assessment Procedures for Engineering Practice}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 139},
  note = {Paper 9394},
  year = {2015},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17951}
}

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AB  - Audio quality is of concern up and down the production chain from content creation to distribution. The technologies employed at each step— equipment, processors like codecs, downmix algorithms, and loudspeakers—all are scrutinized for their impact. The now well-established field of audio quality research has developed robust methods for assessments. To form a basis for this work, research has investigated how perceptual dimensions are formed and expressed. The literature includes numerous sonic attributes that may be used to evaluate audio quality. All together, these findings have provided benchmarks and guidelines for improving audio technology, setting standards in the manufacture of sound and recording equipment and furthering the design of reproduction systems and spaces. They are, however, by comparison rarely used to inform recording and mixing practice. In this paper quality evaluation and mixing practice are compared on selected counts and observations are made on what points these fields may mutually inform one another.
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