Immersive Sound

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Title
3. Copyright
4. Contents
5. Contributors
6. Foreword
7. Acknowledgements
8. Introduction
9. 1 Perception of Spatial Sound
   1. Auditory Physiology
   2. Human Sound Localization
   3. Head-Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs) and Virtual Acoustics
   4. Neural Plasticity in Sound Localization
   5. Distance and Environmental Context Perception
   6. Conclusion
10. 2 History of 3D Sound
    1. Introduction
    2. Prehistory
    3. Ancient History
    4. Space and Polyphony
    5. Spatial Separation in the Renaissance
    6. Spatial Innovations in Acoustic Music
    7. 3D Sound Technology
    8. Technology and Spatial Music
    9. Conclusions and Thoughts for the Future
11. 3 Stereo
    1. Stereo Systems
    2. Creating a Stereo Image
    3. Stereo Enhancement
    4. Summary
12. 4 Binaural Audio Through Headphones
    1. Headphone Reproduction
    2. Binaural Sound Capture
    3. HRTF Measurement
    4. Binaural Synthesis
    5. Inside-the-Head Locatedness
    6. Advanced HRTF Techniques
    7. Quality Assessment
    8. Binaural Reproduction Methods
    9. Headphone Equalization and Calibration
    10. Conclusions
    11. Appendix: Near Field
13. 5 Binaural Audio Through Loudspeakers
    1. Introduction
    2. The Fundamental XTC Problem
    3. Constant-Parameter Regularization
    4. Frequency-Dependent Regularization
    5. The Analytical BACCH Filter
    6. Individualized BACCH Filters
    7. Conclusions
    8. Appendix A: Derivation of the Optimal XTC Filter
    9. Appendix B: Numerical Verification
14. 6 Surround Sound
    1. The Evolution of Surround Sound
    2. Surround Sound Formats
    3. Surround Sound Delivery and Coding
    4. Surround Sound Monitoring
    5. Surround Sound Recording Techniques
    6. Perceptual Evaluation
    7. Predictive Models of Surround Sound Quality
15. 7 Height Channels
    1. Background
    2. Fundamental Psychoacoustics of Height-Channel Perception
    3. Multichannel Reproduction Systems With Height Channels
    4. Recording With Height Channels
    5. Conclusion
16. 8 Object-Based Audio
    1. Introduction
    2. Spatial Representation and Rendering of Audio Objects
    3. Advanced Metadata and Applications of Object-Based Representations
    4. Managing Complexity of Object-Based Content
    5. Audio Object Coding
    6. Capturing Audio Objects
    7. Tradeoffs of Object-Based Representations
    8. Object-Based Loudness Estimation and Control
    9. Object-Based Program Interchange and Delivery
    10. Conclusion
17. 9 Sound Field
    1. Introduction
    2. Development of the Sound Field
    3. Higher Order Ambisonics (HOA)
    4. Sound Field Synthesis
    5. Sound Field Formats
    6. Conclusion
    7. Appendix A: Mathematics and Physics of Sound Field
    8. Appendix B: Mathematical Derivation of W, X, Y, Z
    9. Appendix C: The Optimal Number of Loudspeakers
18. 10 Wave Field Synthesis
    1. Motivation and History
    2. Separation of Sound Objects and Room
    3. WFS Reproduction: Challenges and Solutions
    4. WFS With Elevation
    5. Audio Metadata and WFS
    6. Applications Based on WFS and Hybrid Schemes
    7. WFS and Object-Based Sound Production
19. 11 Applications of Extended Multichannel Techniques
    1. Source Panning and Spreading
    2. An Immersive Overhaul for Preexisting Content
    3. Considerations in Mixing for Film and Games
    4. Envelopment
    5. Musings on Immersive Mixing
20. Index