Spaced microphone arrays for multichannel recording of music performances, when reproduced in a multichannel system, exhibit reduced inter-channel coherence that translates perceptually to a pleasant ‘enveloping’ quality, at the expense of accurate localization of sound sources. We present a method to process the spaced microphone recordings using the principles of Directional Audio Coding (DirAC), based on the knowledge of the array configuration and the frequency-dependent microphone patterns. The method achieves equal or better quality to the standard high-quality version of DirAC and it improves the common one-to-one channel playback of spaced multichannel recordings by offering improved and stable localization cues.

Authors: Politis, Archontis; Laitinen, Mikko-Ville; Ahonen, Jukka; Pulkki, Ville
Affiliations: Aalto University, Espoo, Finland; Akukon Ltd., Helsinki, Finland(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Convention: 134 (May 2013) Paper Number: 8905
Publication Date: May 4, 2013 Import into BibTeX
Subject: Spatial Audio
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