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Engineering Brief

A Dataset of High-Quality Object-Based Productions

Authors: Costantini, Giacomo; Franck, Andreas; Pike, Chris; Francombe, Jon; Woodcock, James; Hughes, Richard J.; Coleman, Philip; Whitmore, Eloise; Fazi, Filippo Maria

AES Convention 147 · Paper 542 · October 2019

Abstract

Object-based audio is an emerging paradigm for representing audio content. However, the limited availability of high-quality object-based content and the need for usable production and reproduction tools impede the exploration and evaluation of object-based audio. This engineering brief introduces the S3A object-based production dataset. It comprises a set of object-based scenes as projects for the Reaper digital audio workstation (DAW). They are accompanied by a set of open-source DAW plugins–—the VISR Production Suite—–for creating and reproducing object-based audio. In combination, these resources provide a practical way to experiment with object-based audio and facilitate loudspeaker and headphone reproduction. The dataset is provided to enable a larger audience to experience object-based audio, for use in perceptual experiments, and for audio system evaluation.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 147
AES Convention
147
Paper number
542
Publication date
October 6, 2019
Session subject
Posters: Recording and Production
Affiliation
University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; BBC R&D, Salford, UK; University of Salford, Salford, UK; University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK; Naked Productions, Manchester, UK (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Engineering Brief