An analytical approach to sound field reproduction using circular and spherical loudspeaker distributions

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 988-999

  Ahrens, Jens ^a   Spors, Sascha ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTICS; ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; SPHERES;

ANALYTICAL APPROACHES; ANALYTICAL FORMULATIONS; CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTIONS; DRIVING SIGNALS; HIGHER ORDERS; IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES; LOUDSPEAKER ARRAYS; REAL-WORLD IMPLEMENTATIONS; SOUND FIELD REPRODUCTIONS; SOURCE DISTRIBUTIONS; SPATIAL DISCRETIZATION; WAVE FIELDS;

LOUDSPEAKERS;

EID: 59149096499     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3813/AAA.918115     Document Type: Article

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