Rendered Stimuli for "Spatial Analysis and Synthesis Methods: Subjective and Objective Evaluations Using Various Microphone Arrays in the Auralization of a Critical Listening Room"

Rendered Stimuli from the Subjective Evaluation

This archive (Stimuli.zip) contains the rendered stimuli used in the subjective evaluation of various spatial analysis and synthesis methods, as described in the paper "Spatial Analysis and Synthesis Methods: Subjective and Objective Evaluations Using Various Microphone Arrays in the Auralization of a Critical Listening Room" by Alan Pawlak, Hyunkook Lee, Aki Mäkivirta, and Thomas Lund.

The stimuli are provided to improve the reproducibility of the study and to allow readers to listen to the same audio samples used in the subjective evaluation.

File Naming Convention:

SYSTEM_PROGRAMMEMATERIAL_AZIMUTH_ELEVATION_-26LUFS.wav

- SYSTEM: The spatial analysis and synthesis method used (e.g., BSDM-6OM1-Omni, HO-SIRR, SDM-em32, etc.)
- PROGRAMMEMATERIAL: The anechoic audio sample used (Bongo, Speech, Orchestra)
- AZIMUTH: The azimuth angle of the sound source (e.g., 0, 30, 45, 90, 135)
- ELEVATION: The elevation angle of the sound source (e.g., 0, 45)

Audio File Specifications:

- Format: WAV
- Sample Rate: 48 kHz
- Bit Depth: 32-bit
- Loudness Normalization: -26 LUFS

To use these stimuli, simply load the desired WAV file into your audio playback software.

For more information about the study, please refer to the full paper.

Pawlak, A., Lee, H., Mäkivirta, A. and Lund, T., 2024. Spatial Analysis and Synthesis Methods: Subjective and Objective Evaluations Using Various Microphone Arrays in the Auralization of a Critical Listening Room.