Microphone Comparison: Spectral Feature Mapping for Snare Drum Recording

Cheshire M, Stables R, Hockman J. Microphone Comparison: Spectral Feature Mapping for Snare Drum Recording. In: AES Convention 147. Audio Engineering Society; 2019. Paper 10263. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=20636

@inproceedings{Cheshire2019_20636,
  author = {Cheshire, Matthew and Stables, Ryan and Hockman, Jason},
  title = {{Microphone Comparison: Spectral Feature Mapping for Snare Drum Recording}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 147},
  note = {Paper 10263},
  year = {2019},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=20636}
}

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TI  - Microphone Comparison: Spectral Feature Mapping for Snare Drum Recording
AU  - Cheshire, Matthew
AU  - Stables, Ryan
AU  - Hockman, Jason
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PY  - 2019
DA  - 2019/10/06
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PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - Microphones are known to exhibit sonic differences and microphone selection is integral in achieving desired tonal qualities of recordings. In this paper an initial multi-stimuli listening test is used to categorize microphones based on user preference when recording snare drums. A spectral modification technique is then applied to recordings made with a microphone from the least preferred category, such that they take on the frequency characteristics of recordings from the most preferred category. To assess the success of the audio transformation, a second experiment is undertaken with expert listeners to gauge pre- and post-transformation preferences. Results indicate spectral transformation dramatically improves listener preference for recordings from the least preferred category, placing them on par with those of the most preferred.
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