"Auralization" is the technique of creation and reproduction of sound on the basis of computer data. With this tool is it possible to predict the character of sound signals which are generated at the source and modified by reinforcement, propagation and transmission in systems such as rooms, buildings, vehicles or other technical devices. This book is organized as a comprehensive collection of the basics of sound and vibration, acoustic modelling, simulation, signal processing and audio reproduction. Implementations of the auralization technique are described using examples drawn from various fields in acoustic’s research and engineering, architecture, sound design and virtual reality.
Author(s): Prof. Dr. Michael Vorländer (auth.)
Series: RWTHedition
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 335
Tags: Acoustics;Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control;Signal, Image and Speech Processing;Simulation and Modeling
Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Fundamentals of acoustics....Pages 7-22
Sound sources....Pages 23-33
Sound propagation....Pages 35-52
Sound fields in cavities and in rooms....Pages 53-68
Structure-borne sound....Pages 69-77
Psychoacoustics....Pages 79-102
Signal processing for auralization....Pages 103-122
Characterization of sources....Pages 123-135
Convolution and sound synthesis....Pages 137-146
Simulation models....Pages 147-173
Simulation of sound in rooms....Pages 175-226
Simulation and auralization of airborne sound insulation....Pages 227-243
Simulation and auralization of structure-borne sound....Pages 245-253
Binaural transfer path synthesis....Pages 255-266
Aspects of real-time processing....Pages 267-278
3-D sound reproduction and virtual reality systems....Pages 279-302
Back Matter....Pages 303-335
