thanks Fons
On 12/09/2012, Fons Adriaensen <f...@linuxaudio.org> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 02:32:06PM +0100, Augustine Leudar wrote: > >> another question is - is our auditory system able to take account of >> the curvature of a wavefront to estimate the distance of a source or >> does it only use other cues such as the spektral content of the sound >> etc etc > > A stationary listener will only sense the curvature if the source is quite > near, less than half a meter or so, depending on the spectral content. For > larger distances a moving listener can detect the curvature, but only > indirectlty as the apparent direction of the source changes. > > Also note that 2-D WFS systems are optimized for a particular speaker line > to listener distance, it's not possible to get exact wave synthesis every- > where (it is possible for 3-D systems). And anyway the things will not work > correctly if you are too close, less than 5 times the distance between > the speakers or so. > > -- > FA > > A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. > It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris > and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow) > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
