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Review

Surround by Sound: A Review of Spatial Audio Recording and Reproduction

by
Wen Zhang
1,2,*,
Parasanga N. Samarasinghe
1,
Hanchi Chen
1 and
Thushara D. Abhayapala
1
1
Research School of Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, The Australian National University, Canberra 2601 ACT, Australia
2
Center of Intelligent Acoustics and Immersive Communications, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 Youyi West Road, Xi’an 710072, Shaanxi, China
*
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Appl. Sci. 2017, 7(5), 532; https://doi.org/10.3390/app7050532
Submission received: 14 March 2017 / Revised: 9 May 2017 / Accepted: 11 May 2017 / Published: 20 May 2017
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Spatial Audio)
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Abstract

In this article, a systematic overview of various recording and reproduction techniques for spatial audio is presented. While binaural recording and rendering is designed to resemble the human two-ear auditory system and reproduce sounds specifically for a listener’s two ears, soundfield recording and reproduction using a large number of microphones and loudspeakers replicate an acoustic scene within a region. These two fundamentally different types of techniques are discussed in the paper. A recent popular area, multi-zone reproduction, is also briefly reviewed in the paper. The paper is concluded with a discussion of the current state of the field and open problems.
Keywords: spatial audio; binaural recording; binaural rendering; soundfield recording; soundfield reproduction; multi-zone reproduction spatial audio; binaural recording; binaural rendering; soundfield recording; soundfield reproduction; multi-zone reproduction

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Zhang, W.; Samarasinghe, P.N.; Chen, H.; Abhayapala, T.D. Surround by Sound: A Review of Spatial Audio Recording and Reproduction. Appl. Sci. 2017, 7, 532. https://doi.org/10.3390/app7050532

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Zhang W, Samarasinghe PN, Chen H, Abhayapala TD. Surround by Sound: A Review of Spatial Audio Recording and Reproduction. Applied Sciences. 2017; 7(5):532. https://doi.org/10.3390/app7050532

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Zhang, Wen, Parasanga N. Samarasinghe, Hanchi Chen, and Thushara D. Abhayapala. 2017. "Surround by Sound: A Review of Spatial Audio Recording and Reproduction" Applied Sciences 7, no. 5: 532. https://doi.org/10.3390/app7050532

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Zhang, W., Samarasinghe, P. N., Chen, H., & Abhayapala, T. D. (2017). Surround by Sound: A Review of Spatial Audio Recording and Reproduction. Applied Sciences, 7(5), 532. https://doi.org/10.3390/app7050532

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