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
