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

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...

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Main Authors: Maurycy J. KIN, Przemysław PLASKOTA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences 2013-10-01
Series:Archives of Acoustics
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Online Access:https://acoustics.ippt.pan.pl/index.php/aa/article/view/182
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description 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.
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spelling doaj-art-6f8b7dea66924a22904d83a54bca41b82025-07-15T16:57:19ZengInstitute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of SciencesArchives of Acoustics0137-50752300-262X2013-10-01362Comparison of Sound Attributes of Multichannel and Mixed-Down Stereo RecordingsMaurycy J. KIN0Przemysław PLASKOTA1Wrocław University of Technology Institute of Telecommunications, Teleinformatics and AcousticsWrocław University of Technology Institute of Telecommunications, Teleinformatics and AcousticsThe 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.https://acoustics.ippt.pan.pl/index.php/aa/article/view/182sound qualityrecording formatsart of mixing
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Comparison of Sound Attributes of Multichannel and Mixed-Down Stereo Recordings
Archives of Acoustics
sound quality
recording formats
art of mixing
title Comparison of Sound Attributes of Multichannel and Mixed-Down Stereo Recordings
title_full Comparison of Sound Attributes of Multichannel and Mixed-Down Stereo Recordings
title_fullStr Comparison of Sound Attributes of Multichannel and Mixed-Down Stereo Recordings
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of Sound Attributes of Multichannel and Mixed-Down Stereo Recordings
title_short Comparison of Sound Attributes of Multichannel and Mixed-Down Stereo Recordings
title_sort comparison of sound attributes of multichannel and mixed down stereo recordings
topic sound quality
recording formats
art of mixing
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