Localization Uncertainty in Time-Amplitude Stereophonic Reproduction

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2020-01-01

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De Sena, Enzo
Cvetkovic, Zoran
Hacıhabiboğlu, Hüseyin
Moonen, Marc
van Waterschoot, Toon

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This article studies the effects of inter-channel time and level differences in stereophonic reproduction on perceived localization uncertainty, which is defined as how difficult it is for a listener to tell where a sound source is located. Towards this end, a computational model of localization uncertainty is proposed first. The model calculates inter-aural time and level difference cues, and compares them to those associated to free-field point-like sources. The comparison is carried out using a particular distance functional that replicates the increased uncertainty observed experimentally with inconsistent inter-aural time and level difference cues. The model is validated by formal listening tests, achieving a Pearson correlation of 0.99. The model is then used to predict localization uncertainty for stereophonic setups and a listener in central and off-central positions. Results show that amplitude methods achieve a slightly lower localization uncertainty for a listener positioned exactly in the center of the sweet spot. As soon as the listener moves away from that position, the situation reverses, with time-amplitude methods achieving a lower localization uncertainty.

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Speech and Hearing, Media Technology, Linguistics and Language, Signal Processing, Acoustics and Ultrasonics, Instrumentation, Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/57922

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IEEE-ACM TRANSACTIONS ON AUDIO SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PROCESSING

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https://doi.org/10.1109/taslp.2020.2975419

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E. De Sena, Z. Cvetkovic, H. Hacıhabiboğlu, M. Moonen, and T. van Waterschoot, “Localization Uncertainty in Time-Amplitude Stereophonic Reproduction,” IEEE-ACM TRANSACTIONS ON AUDIO SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PROCESSING, pp. 1000–1015, 2020, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/57922.