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Convention Paper

Optimisation and Subjective Assessment of Surround Sound Microphone Arrays

Authors: Rumsey, Francis; Segar, Paul

AES Convention 110 · Paper 5368 · May 2001

Abstract

A number of surround sound arrays have been constructed with closely spaced microphones of cardioid and omni-directional patterns. The spacings and angles between microphones were calculated to test two different psychoacoustic models that aim to provide 360° imaging in a horizontal plane. A series of controlled subjective listening tests have been undertaken, and results are presented comparing image localisation accuracy and localisation confidence between the arrays. Results on the effect of crosstalk between opposite microphones in the arrays are also presented.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 110
AES Convention
110
Paper number
5368
Publication date
May 6, 2001
Session subject
Multichannel Sound
Affiliation
Institute of Sound Recording, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper