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Engineering Brief

An Open Realtime Binaural Synthesis Toolkit for Audio Research

Authors: Franck, Andreas; Costantini, Giacomo; Pike, Chris; Fazi, Filippo Maria

AES Convention 144 · Paper 412 · May 2018

Abstract

Binaural synthesis has gained fundamental importance both as a practical sound reproduction method and as a tool in audio research. Binaural rendering requires significant implementation effort, especially if head movement tracking or dynamic sound scenes are required, thus impeding audio research. For this reason we propose the Binaural Synthesis Toolkit (BST), a portable, open source, and extensible software package for binaural synthesis. In this paper we present the design of the BST and the three rendering approaches currently implemented. In contrast to most other software, the BST can easily be adapted and extended by users. The Binaural Synthesis Toolkit is released as an open software package as a flexible solution for binaural reproduction and to foster reproducible research in this field.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 144
AES Convention
144
Paper number
412
Publication date
May 6, 2018
Session subject
e-Brief Posters—1
Affiliation
University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; BBC R&D, Salford, UK; University of York, York, UK (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Engineering Brief