I remember reading that, with exposure, human's audio-processing "hardware" can adapt to/learn how to use a non-optimal HRTF, given a bit of time. Does anyone have a reference for this?
David On 15/12/2013, at 5:57 PM, Marc Lavallée wrote: > > Hi Dave. > > I never tried head tracking while listening to stereo or Ambisonics (I'm > not that much of an "insider"). I'm optimistic about it, even with > virtual microphones; but I suspect that the contribution of head > tracking would then be limited to the interpretation of level > differences and transitions between the left and right. > > What I miss is a realistic HRTF rendering experience (without head > tracking). For every HRTF I tried (from the KEMAR and LISTEN sets), as > with stereo, front sources were always "in the head", not at the front; > the front test tone was just louder then the rear one. > > I don't know what are the right conditions to experience good HRTF based > localization (in a acousmatic context, without visual cues). I don't > know if using a personal (measured) HRTF would be better; I just assume > that it would be better because my own binaural recordings sound quite > right, but probably just for me (to be verified) because I experienced > the real sound scenes while recording them. > > -- > Marc > > Sun, 15 Dec 2013 13:50:09 +0000, > Dave Malham <dave.mal...@york.ac.uk> a écrit : > >> Hi Marc, >> I think it is, perhaps, a little pessimistic to talk of needing to >> assess dozens of hrtf's to find the one that's right for for you, if >> you have head tracking in use. My experience with this dates back 20 >> years to the days of the Lake DSP Huron systems when I first heard >> this - even without specific hrtfs switching the the head tracking on >> was enough to change the system from not working (for me) to working. >> The head tracking (done with a Polyhemus sensor controlling the >> processing of FOA B format signals prior to decoding) was enough with >> no need to select hrtf's. I would suspect that having just a few to >> select from would be enough. >> >> Dave > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound ______________________________________ Prof. Dr. David Worrall Emerging Audio Research (EAR) Audio Department International Audio Laboratories Erlangen Fraunhofer-Institut für Integrierte Schaltungen IIS Am Wolfsmantel 33 91058 Erlangen Telefon +49 (0) 91 31 / 7 76-62 77 Fax +49 (0) 91 31 / 7 76-20 99 E-Mail: david.worr...@iis.fraunhofer.de Internet: www.iis.fraunhofer.de Senior Adjunct Research Fellow, Australian National University. david.worr...@anu.edu.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20131221/90a012e3/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
