A method is presented for efficient sound field reproduction with a loudspeaker array constituted by multiple sound sources which are three-dimensionally distributed. The physical reproduction of several target sound fields is investigated when the target sound fields are surrounded by multiple sound sources. A cost function to be minimized has been developed to obtain the optimal solution with reasonable energy distribution and sufficient sweet area when the distribution of loudspeakers is non-uniform. The performance of the proposed method is verified by the results of computer simulations and subjective tests in the cases of NHK 22.2 and ETRI 10.2 channel configurations.

Authors: Shin, Mincheol; Fazi, Filippo M.; Seo, Jeongil; Nelson, Philip A.
Affiliations: Electronics Telecommunication Research Institute, Daejeon, Korea; ISVR, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Convention: 130 (May 2011) Paper Number: 8404
Publication Date: May 13, 2011
Subject: Multichannel/Spatial

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