Comparison of Sound Attributes of Multichannel and Mixed-Down Stereo Recordings

• Autorzy: Kin N. J. , Plaskota P.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The work presents a comparison of some sound attributes perceived at a multichannel and stereo playback of musical recordings. The width of the virtual source, coherence impression, total size of sound scene, general quality and balance were the subjects of interest after the format reduction in accordance with the ITU recommendation. The results showed that evaluation of these attributes depends on the way the original audiosphere has been created in the surround system, for example, for a narrow virtual source the mix-down process causes only a small change in its size but for a broad source the observed degradation is significant. In addition, different ways of conversion from the multichannel to stereo format have been tested for compatibility.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

sound quality; recording formats; art of mixing

• Wydawca: Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN ; Komitet Akustyki PAN ; Polskie Towarzystwo Akustyczne
• Czasopismo: Archives of Acoustics
• Rocznik: 2011
• Tom: Vol. 36, No. 2
• Strony: 333--345
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 12 poz., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Kin N. J.

autor

Plaskota P.

• Wrocław University of Technology Institute of Telecommunications, Teleinformatics and Acoustics Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland,

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