Controlling the perceived distance of an auditory object by manipulation of loudspeaker directivity

Mikko-Ville Laitinen, Archontis Politis, Ilkka Huhtakallio, Ville Pulkki

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Abstract

This work presents a method to control the perceived distance of an auditory object by changing the directivity pattern of a loudspeaker and consequently the direct-to-reverberant ratio at the listening spot. Control of the directivity pattern is achieved by beamforming using a compact multi-driver loudspeaker unit. A small-sized cubic array consisting of six drivers is assembled, and per driver beamforming filters are derived from directional measurements of the array. The proposed method is evaluated using formal listening tests. The results show that the perceived distance can be controlled effectively by directivity pattern modification.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)EL452-EL468
JournalJournal of the Acoustical Society of America
Volume137
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

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