Effects of down-mix algorithms on quality of surround sound

AES: Journal of the Audio Engineering Society

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 780-798

  Zieliński, SŁawomir K ^a   Rumsey, Francis ^a   Bech, SØren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANG AND OLUFSEN A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUDIO ACOUSTICS; AUDITION; LOUDSPEAKERS; MOTION PICTURES; STEREOPHONIC RECORDINGS; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

AUDIO QUALITY; DOWN-MIX ALGORITHMS;

AUDIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 0041862755     PISSN: 00047554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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