Surround by sound: A review of spatial audio recording and reproduction

  • Wen Zhang
  • , Parasanga N. Samarasinghe
  • , Hanchi Chen
  • , Thushara D. Abhayapala

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Article number532
JournalApplied Sciences (Switzerland)
Volume7
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 May 2017

Keywords

  • Binaural recording
  • Binaural rendering
  • Multi-zone reproduction
  • Soundfield recording
  • Soundfield reproduction
  • Spatial audio

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