3-D Sound and Spatial Audio MUS_TECH 348
Stereo Loudspeaker Reproduction
Intensity Stereo Side Image
Intensity Stereo Center Image
Typical Pop/Rock and Classical Spatial Distribution
Off-Center Listening
“Precedence Effect”
Mono Compatibility
Why can’t we just reproduce binaural recordings over loudspeakers?
Binaural Recording with Loudspeaker Reproduction
Stereo Loudspeaker Reproduction Creates Notch at 2kHz
How to Eliminate Crosstalk? 1) Use a baffle
2) Use out-of-phase signals
180° Out of Phase Signals
180° Out of Phase Loudspeakers
Alternatively
How to make Loudspeaker Reproduction Transparent?
3) Crosstalk Cancellation from Manfred Schroeder (late 1950s) Exact Solution Make loudspeaker listening more like headphones All sounds externalized
Schroeder’s Cross-talk Cancellation System
One Step at a Time: Equalization of Loudspeaker Response EQ Filter Result
But…
Introduce cross-talk cancellation signal:
But… There is crosstalk for the crosstalk cancellation signal!
Full Cross-talk Cancellation Solution:
“Sweet Spot”
The Problems? 1.Off-center positions. Only one sweet spot. 2.Individual Differences. Listener’s HRTFs, including H 30 and H 330, don’t match. 3.High frequency cancellation. Wave lengths are so short that very slight shifts in position throw everything off. 4.1/H 30. Inverting the notches creates big peaks that probably don’t match the listener. 5.Room Acoustics. Indirection sound reaches the listener.
Off-Center Seating in Larger Spaces Good Each seating position has unique time of arrival delay and level differences. Only the center seats can provide spatial imagery.
Off-Center Seating in Larger Spaces The separation of the stereo loudspeakers creates different ranges of differences for time of arrival delay.
Off-Center Seating in Larger Spaces Delayed signal from loudspeaker can create a wide range of subjective impressions!
Off-Center Seating in Larger Spaces The range of time of arrival delays for typical loudspeaker separatations puts the delay in the range of these different subjective impressions
Loudspeaker Reproduction in Natural Environments Loudspeakers themselves create indirect sound.
Frequency and Time Response of Loudspeaker in an Empty Room Impulse response and amplitude response from the loudspeaker to the listener in an empty test room.
Figure 2 shows change with a few absorption panels in place.
More,
Figure 6 finally shows a rooms with only slight indirect sound between the loudspeaker and the listener.
Figure 6 impulse response and amplitude response.