Surround by Sound: A Review of Spatial Audio Recording and Reproduction
In this article, a systematic overview of various recording and reproduction techniques for spatial audio is presented. While binaural recording and rendering is designed to resemble the human two-ear auditory system and reproduce sounds specifically for a listener’s two ears, soundfield recording a...
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| author | Wen Zhang Parasanga N. Samarasinghe Hanchi Chen Thushara D. Abhayapala |
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| description | In this article, a systematic overview of various recording and reproduction techniques for spatial audio is presented. While binaural recording and rendering is designed to resemble the human two-ear auditory system and reproduce sounds specifically for a listener’s two ears, soundfield recording and reproduction using a large number of microphones and loudspeakers replicate an acoustic scene within a region. These two fundamentally different types of techniques are discussed in the paper. A recent popular area, multi-zone reproduction, is also briefly reviewed in the paper. The paper is concluded with a discussion of the current state of the field and open problems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4496e61863ce4fb0a174489a0813a6a52022-12-22T03:00:47ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172017-05-017553210.3390/app7050532app7050532Surround by Sound: A Review of Spatial Audio Recording and ReproductionWen Zhang0Parasanga N. Samarasinghe1Hanchi Chen2Thushara D. Abhayapala3Research School of Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, The Australian National University, Canberra 2601 ACT, AustraliaResearch School of Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, The Australian National University, Canberra 2601 ACT, AustraliaResearch School of Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, The Australian National University, Canberra 2601 ACT, AustraliaResearch School of Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, The Australian National University, Canberra 2601 ACT, AustraliaIn this article, a systematic overview of various recording and reproduction techniques for spatial audio is presented. While binaural recording and rendering is designed to resemble the human two-ear auditory system and reproduce sounds specifically for a listener’s two ears, soundfield recording and reproduction using a large number of microphones and loudspeakers replicate an acoustic scene within a region. These two fundamentally different types of techniques are discussed in the paper. A recent popular area, multi-zone reproduction, is also briefly reviewed in the paper. The paper is concluded with a discussion of the current state of the field and open problems.http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/7/5/532spatial audiobinaural recordingbinaural renderingsoundfield recordingsoundfield reproductionmulti-zone reproduction |
| spellingShingle | Wen Zhang Parasanga N. Samarasinghe Hanchi Chen Thushara D. Abhayapala Surround by Sound: A Review of Spatial Audio Recording and Reproduction Applied Sciences spatial audio binaural recording binaural rendering soundfield recording soundfield reproduction multi-zone reproduction |
| title | Surround by Sound: A Review of Spatial Audio Recording and Reproduction |
| title_full | Surround by Sound: A Review of Spatial Audio Recording and Reproduction |
| title_fullStr | Surround by Sound: A Review of Spatial Audio Recording and Reproduction |
| title_full_unstemmed | Surround by Sound: A Review of Spatial Audio Recording and Reproduction |
| title_short | Surround by Sound: A Review of Spatial Audio Recording and Reproduction |
| title_sort | surround by sound a review of spatial audio recording and reproduction |
| topic | spatial audio binaural recording binaural rendering soundfield recording soundfield reproduction multi-zone reproduction |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/7/5/532 |
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