A Perceptually-Motivated Headphone Transparency Algorithm

Lando J, Brandmeyer A, Brown P, Seefeldt A, Jaspar A. A Perceptually-Motivated Headphone Transparency Algorithm. In: AES Convention 147. Audio Engineering Society; 2019. Paper 10313. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=20685

@inproceedings{Lando2019_20685,
  author = {Lando, Josh and Brandmeyer, Alex and Brown, Phil and Seefeldt, Alan and Jaspar, Andy},
  title = {{A Perceptually-Motivated Headphone Transparency Algorithm}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 147},
  note = {Paper 10313},
  year = {2019},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=20685}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - A Perceptually-Motivated Headphone Transparency Algorithm
AU  - Lando, Josh
AU  - Brandmeyer, Alex
AU  - Brown, Phil
AU  - Seefeldt, Alan
AU  - Jaspar, Andy
T2  - AES Convention 147
M1  - Paper 10313
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2019/10/06
UR  - https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=20685
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - Many modern closed-back wireless headphones now support a user-selectable “hear-through” or “transparency” feature to allow the wearer to monitor their environment. These products typically work by passively mixing the signals from external microphones with the primary media being reproduced by the headphone’s internal speakers. When there is no media playing back, that approach works reasonably well. However, once media is playing, it tends to mask the passthrough of the external audio and the wearer can no longer hear the outside world. Here we describe a perceptually motivated algorithm for improving audibility of the external microphone signals without compromising the media playback experience. Subjective test results of this algorithm as implemented in a consumer headphone product are presented.
ER  -