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An Investigation of Microphone Techniques for Ambient Sound in Surround Sound Systems

A controlled subjective test was carried out to assess selected qualities of three ambient microphone techniques for surround sound. The effects of signal delay and microphone distance were explored. The tests indicate that the perceived results are program dependent, but that a compromise can be found using delayed close microphones, giving similar quality for the range of program items used.

Authors: Mason, Russel; Rumsey, Francis
Affiliation: University of Surrey, Guildford, England
AES Convention:106 (May 1999) Paper Number:4912 Import into BibTeX
Subject:Multichannel Audio

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