This study investigates the localization in a sound projection scenario using a realistic surround audio scene (street with traf?c noise). Real sound projectors, e.g., phased arrays, are characterized by a physically limited focusing ability. This leads to multiple sound propagation paths to the listener: direct sound via the shortest path and projected sound via re?ections. The spectral characteristic of the direct sound is varied in a listening test to simulate realistic directivity limitations at low and high frequencies. The attenuation of the direct sound at mid-range frequencies, which is just necessary so that the position of the auditory event is localized in the direction of the projection, is determined.

Authors: Merchel, Sebastian; Wühle; Reichmann, Felix; Altinsoy, M. Ercan
Affiliation: Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
AES Conference: 2018 AES International Conference on Spatial Reproduction - Aesthetics and Science (July 2018)
Paper Number: P3-2
Publication Date: July 30, 2018 Import into BibTeX
Session Subject: sound projection; spatial reproduction; inhibition of precedence effect; localization; psycho acoustics
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