ABSTRACT

Spatial sound is an enhanced and immersive set of audio techniques which provides sound in three-dimensional virtual space. This comprehensive handbook sets out the basic principles and methods with a representative group of applications: sound field and spatial hearing; principles and analytic methods of various spatial sound systems, including two-channel stereophonic sound, and multichannel horizontal and spatial surround sound; ambisonics; wavefield synthesis; binaural playback and virtual auditory display; recording and synthesis, and storage and transmission of spatial sound signals; and objective and subjective evaluation. Applications range from cinemas to small mobile devices.

  • The only book to review spatial sound principles and applications extensively
  • Covers the whole field of spatial sound

The book suits researchers, graduate students, and specialist engineers in acoustics, audio, and signal processing.

chapter Chapter 1|70 pages

Sound field, spatial hearing, and sound reproduction

chapter Chapter 2|53 pages

Two-channel stereophonic sound

chapter Chapter 6|40 pages

Multichannel spatial surround sound

chapter Chapter 10|58 pages

Spatial sound reproduction by wave field synthesis

chapter Chapter 11|66 pages

Binaural reproduction and virtual auditory display

chapter Chapter 13|69 pages

Storage and transmission of spatial sound signals

chapter Chapter 16|21 pages

Applications of spatial sound and related problems