Choosing and Configuring a Stereo Microphone Technique Based on Localisation Curves

Whenever the recording engineer uses stereo microphone techniques, he/she has to consider a recording angle resulting from the positioning of microphones relative to sound sources, besides other acoustic factors. The recording angle, the width of a captured acoustic scene and the properties of a...

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Main Authors: Magdalena PLEWA, Piotr KLECZKOWSKI
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Language:English
Published: Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences 2013-10-01
Series:Archives of Acoustics
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Online Access:https://acoustics.ippt.pan.pl/index.php/aa/article/view/183
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description Whenever the recording engineer uses stereo microphone techniques, he/she has to consider a recording angle resulting from the positioning of microphones relative to sound sources, besides other acoustic factors. The recording angle, the width of a captured acoustic scene and the properties of a particular microphone technique are closely related. We propose a decision supporting method, based on the mapping of the actual position of a sound source to its position in the reproduced acoustic scene. This research resulted in a set of localisation curves characterising four most popular stereo microphone techniques. The curves were obtained by two methods: calculation, based on appropriate engineering formulae, and experiment consisting in the recording of sources and estimation of the perceived position in listening tests. The analysis of curves brings several conclusions important in the recording practice.
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spelling doaj-art-07ef43f8d27542a69386cc0f1b3efdd22025-08-20T02:39:18ZengInstitute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of SciencesArchives of Acoustics0137-50752300-262X2013-10-01362Choosing and Configuring a Stereo Microphone Technique Based on Localisation CurvesMagdalena PLEWA0Piotr KLECZKOWSKI1AGH University of Science and Technology Department of Mechanics and VibroacousticsAGH University of Science and Technology Department of Mechanics and VibroacousticsWhenever the recording engineer uses stereo microphone techniques, he/she has to consider a recording angle resulting from the positioning of microphones relative to sound sources, besides other acoustic factors. The recording angle, the width of a captured acoustic scene and the properties of a particular microphone technique are closely related. We propose a decision supporting method, based on the mapping of the actual position of a sound source to its position in the reproduced acoustic scene. This research resulted in a set of localisation curves characterising four most popular stereo microphone techniques. The curves were obtained by two methods: calculation, based on appropriate engineering formulae, and experiment consisting in the recording of sources and estimation of the perceived position in listening tests. The analysis of curves brings several conclusions important in the recording practice.https://acoustics.ippt.pan.pl/index.php/aa/article/view/183microphone techniquesstereo recordingacoustic scene
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microphone techniques
stereo recording
acoustic scene
title Choosing and Configuring a Stereo Microphone Technique Based on Localisation Curves
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title_fullStr Choosing and Configuring a Stereo Microphone Technique Based on Localisation Curves
title_full_unstemmed Choosing and Configuring a Stereo Microphone Technique Based on Localisation Curves
title_short Choosing and Configuring a Stereo Microphone Technique Based on Localisation Curves
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