Spatial audio signal processing for binaural reproduction of recorded acoustic scenes–review and challenges

B Rafaely, V Tourbabin, E Habets… - Acta …, 2022 - acta-acustica.edpsciences.org
Spatial audio has been studied for several decades, but has seen much renewed interest
recently due to advances in both software and hardware for capture and playback, and the …

Direction of arrival estimation for reverberant speech based on enhanced decomposition of the direct sound

L Madmoni, B Rafaely - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Direction of arrival (DOA) estimation for speech sources is an important task in audio signal
processing. This task becomes a challenge in reverberant environments, which are typical to …

Real-time conversion of sensor array signals into spherical harmonic signals with applications to spatially localized sub-band sound-field analysis

L McCormack, S Delikaris-Manias, A Farina… - … Society Convention 144, 2018 - aes.org
This paper presents two real-time audio plug-ins for processing sensor array signals for
sound-field visualization. The first plug-in utilizes spherical or cylindrical sensor array …

Applications of spatially localized active-intensity vectors for sound-field visualization

L McCormack, S Delikaris-Manias, A Politis… - Journal of the Audio …, 2019 - research.aalto.fi
The purpose of this article is to detail and evaluate three alternative approaches to sound-
field visualization, which all employ the use of spatially localized active-intensity (SLAI) …

On the selection of the number of beamformers in beamforming-based binaural reproduction

I Ifergan, B Rafaely - EURASIP Journal on Audio, Speech, and Music …, 2022 - Springer
In recent years, spatial audio reproduction has been widely researched with many studies
focusing on headphone-based spatial reproduction. A popular format for spatial audio is …

An improved solution to the frequency-invariant beamforming with concentric circular microphone arrays

X Zhao, G Huang, J Chen… - ICASSP 2020-2020 IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Frequency-invariant beamforming with circular microphone arrays (CMAs) has drawn a
significant amount of attention for its steering flexibility and high directivity. However …

Evaluation of sensor self-noise in binaural rendering of spherical microphone array signals

H Helmholz, J Ahrens, DL Alon… - ICASSP 2020-2020 …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spherical microphone arrays are used to capture spatial sound fields, which can then be
rendered via headphones. We use the Real-Time Spherical Array Renderer (ReTiSAR) to …

Combined Web-Based Visualisation of 3D Point Clouds and Acoustic Descriptors: An Interdisciplinary Challenge

L Bergerot, JY Blaise, I Dudek, A Pamart, M Aramaki… - Heritage, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper presents an online application—called 3D integrator—enabling visual cross-
examinations of architectural and acoustic data on web browsers and explains the rationale …

Effects of Additive Noise in Binaural Rendering of Spherical Microphone Array Signals

H Helmholz, DL Alon, SVA Garí… - IEEE/ACM Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Additive noise produced by the recording hardware will contribute to streamed signals from
spherical microphone arrays under practical conditions. For the application of binaural …

Auralization of Three-Dimensional Sound Field in an Acoustic Scale Model Using Laser-Induced Sound Sources

K Suzuki, S Koyanagi, T Hidaka - 2023 Immersive and 3D …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study presents a system for auralizing a three-dimensional (3D) sound field in a scale-
model using laser-induced air breakdown (LIB) of acoustic waves for concert hall acoustic …