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| Low-Frequency Optimization Using Multiple Subwoofers (PDF-1.0MB) (HI-RES PDF-45.9MB) | |
| Todd Welti and Allan Devantier | 347 |
| The acoustic environment of a sound system has a strong influence on the sound quality at low frequencies, especially in small spaces. As a result there is an interest in solutions that improve the performance. While conventional approaches tend to focus on signal processing, the proposed solution introduces the location of subwoofers as the major variable, with the addition of minimal signal processing. Using a metric that optimizes performance in multiple seats, a robust solution becomes available. | |
| Identification of Quality Attributes of Spatial Audio by Repertory Grid Technique (PDF-397KB) (HI-RES PDF-4.6MB) | |
| Jan Berg and Francis Rumsey | 365 |
| In order to evaluate spatial quality of audio reproduction, it is first necessary to select a method that can identify the relevant attributes. Being a relatively new field, spatial audio does not yet have a well-established list of such attributes. As an extension of the work of Kelly, the authors apply the repertory grid technique, which is based on subjects' personal reflections of the stimuli. Because subjects describe the way in which triads of stimuli differ, the attributes are elicited rather than constructed by the experimenter. The results are consistent with the findings from other methods utilized, thus demonstrating the validity of this approach when used in spatial audio. | |
| Conversion of Discretely Sampled Sound Field Data to Auralization Formats (PDF-2.6MB) (HI-RES PDF-2.6MB) | |
| Bård Støfringsdal and U. Peter Svensson | 380 |
| Sound field simulations often use finite-element or other mesh-based methods, which produce output data that must first be converted to an intermediate format in order to be compatible with conventional auralization techniques. The proposed method converts sampled mesh data to a series of plane waves using a circular array of virtual sources. While not a perfect conversion of an arbitrary sound field, this approach provides a stable frequency-domain representation which minimizes the error in a least squares sense. Such reproduction errors should be acceptable in most practical cases. Results for two dimensions are readily extensible to three dimensions. | |
| Compensating the Response of Near-Field Loudspeaker Monitors to Minimize the Effects of Desktop Acoustic Loading (PDF-396KB) (HI-RES PDF-1.6MB) | |
| Andrew Goldberg, Aki Mäkivirta, and Ari Varla | 401 |
| When two-way loudspeakers are mounted on or near mixing consoles, acoustical loading detrimentally changes the response. Acoustical loading systematically raises the response in the 100- to 250-Hz region, and reflections at mid and high frequencies make a comb filtering effect. In an extensive study, 80% of the cases exhibited low-frequency one-sixth octave peaks of about 4 to 6 dB. A single second-order notch filter, appropriately designed, removes much of the negative effects of nearby mixing consoles, desktops, and work surfaces. | |
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