Directional audio coding: Virtual microphone-based synthesis and subjective evaluation

AES: Journal of the Audio Engineering Society

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 709-724

  Vilkamo, Juha ^a   Lokki, Tapio ^a   Pulkki, Ville ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDIO CODING; HIGH QUALITY; HUMAN HEARING; PERCEIVED QUALITY; SOUND SPECTRUM; SPATIAL AUDIO; SUBJECTIVE EVALUATIONS; TIME WINDOWS; VIRTUAL MICROPHONE;

AUDIO ACOUSTICS; FREQUENCY BANDS; LOUDSPEAKERS; MICROPHONES;

SOUND REPRODUCTION;

EID: 70349792492     PISSN: 15494950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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