Hi Mr. Noisternig. At first glance, this data file format is about binaural measurement and rendering, and not about multi-channel based auditory scene representation. I don't have access to the AES library, but the SOFA specs are freely available, and I suppose the standard is based on the specs.
Even as a hobbyist, I can understand its usefulness, but why is it named "spatial acoustic", without a reference to binaural listening? It is for marketing reasons, based on the predominance of headphone listening? -- Marc On Sun, 15 Mar 2015 16:13:47 +0100, Markus Noisternig wrote: > Dear Sursounders, > > We are pleased to announce the recent publication of the AES69-2015 > standard for file exchange - Spatial acoustic data file format. See > also the AES press release at http://www.aes.org/press/?ID=293 > <http://www.aes.org/press/?ID=293> > > The new AES69-2015 standard defines a file format to exchange > space-related acoustic data in various forms. These include HRTF, as > well as directional room impulse responses (DRIR). The format is > designed to be scalable to match the available rendering process and > to be sufficiently flexible to include source materials from > different databases. > > This project was developed in AES Standards Working Group SC-02-08 > and standardizes the Spatially-oriented format for acoustics (SOFA), > which aims at storing and transmitting any transfer-function data > measured with microphone arrays and loudspeaker arrays. See > http://www.sofaconventions.org/ <http://www.sofaconventions.org/> for > further information and ongoing format discussions. > > Open source application-programming interfaces (API) for Matlab, > Octave, and C++ are available online at > http://sourceforge.net/projects/sofacoustics/ > <http://sourceforge.net/projects/sofacoustics/> > > All the best, > > Markus and Piotr > > > -- > Markus Noisternig > Acoustics and Cognition Research Group > IRCAM, CNRS, Sorbonne Universities, UPMC > Paris, France > > Piotr Majdak > Psychoacoustics and Experimental Audiology > Acoustics Research Institute > Austrian Academy of Sciences > Vienna, Austria > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20150315/e3764123/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe > here, edit account or options, view archives and so on. _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
