Positioning of Musical Foreground Parts in Surrounding Sound Stages

摘要

Object-based audio offers several new possibilities during the sound mixing process. While stereophonic mixing techniques are highly developed, not all of them generate promising results in an object-based audio environment. An outstanding feature is the new approach of positioning sound objects in the musical sound scene, providing the opportunity of stable localization throughout the whole listening area. Previous studies have shown that even if object-based audio reproduction systems can enhance the playback situation, the critical and guiding attributes of the mix are still uncertain. This study investigates the impact on listening preference evoked by different spatial arrangements of sound objects, with a strong emphasis on the high-attention foreground objects of the presented music track.