Binaural technique - Basic methods for recording, synthesis, and reproduction

Communication Acoustics

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 223-254

  Hammershoi, Dorte ^a   Moller, Henrik ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 84895225002     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-27437-5_9     Document Type: Chapter

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