Spatial Audio

Contents

• The spatial dimensions in natural sound
• Sound sources in space
• Introduction to the spatial dimension in reproduced sound
• From mono to surround sound and 3D audio - a brief resume
• Applications of spatial audio
• Sound source localisation
• Distance and depth perception
• Apparent source width
• Envelopment and spaciousness
• Naturalness
• Some subjective experiments involving spatial attributes of reproduced sound
• Cognitive issues in sound space perception
• The source-receiver signal chain
• Two-channel (2-0) stereo
• Binaural sound and 3D audio systems
• Three-channel (3-0) stereo
• 4-channel surround (3-1 stereo)
• 5.1 channel surround (3-2 stereo)
• Other multichannel configurations
• Surround sound systems
• Matrixed surround sound systems
• Digital surround sound formats
• Ambisonics
• Introduction to listening room acoustics
• International guidelines for surround sound room acoustics
• Loudspeakers for surround sound: placement and directivity
• Monitor level alignment
• Virtual control room acoustics and monitors
• Science versus aesthetics in spatial recording
• Two-channel microphone techniques
• Spot microphones and two-channel panning laws
• Three-channel techniques
• Surround sound recording techniques
• Multichannel panning techniques
• Artificial reverberation and room simulation
• Surround sound mixing aesthetics
• Upmixing and downmixing
• References