Sound Zones: On Envelope Shaping of FIR Filters

Martin Bo Møller, Martin Olsen

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Abstract

Sound zones, i.e. spatially confined regions of individual audio content, can be created by appropriate filtering of the desired audio signals reproduced by an array of loudspeakers. The challenge of designing filters for sound zones is twofold: First, the filtered responses should generate an acoustic separation between the control regions. Secondly, the pre- and post-ringing as well as
spectral deterioration introduced by the filters should be minimized. The tradeoff between acoustic separation and filter ringing is the focus of this paper. A weighted L2-norm penalty is introduced in the sound zones optimization problem, to reduce pre- and post-ringing of the filters. The effect of shaping the filter envelopes is investigated in an experimental setup with eight woofers,
surrounding two control regions. The results show that it is possible to reduce the pre- and postringing of the filters without significantly reducing the acoustic separation between the zones.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication24th International Congress on Sound and Vibration 2017 (ICSV 24)
Number of pages8
PublisherThe International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (IIAV)
Publication date23 Jul 2017
Pages613-620
ISBN (Print)9781510845855
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-906913-27-4
Publication statusPublished - 23 Jul 2017
Event24th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, ICSV24 - London, United Kingdom
Duration: 23 Jul 201727 Jul 2017
Conference number: 24

Conference

Conference24th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, ICSV24
Number24
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Period23/07/201727/07/2017
SeriesInternational Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICSV)
ISSN2329-3675

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