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Wave field synthesis of moving virtual sound sources with complex radiation properties

Jens Ahrens1, Sascha Spors

  • 1Quality and Usability Lab, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Technische Universität Berlin, Ernst-Reuter-Platz 7, 10587 Berlin, Germany. jens.ahrens@telekom.de

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
|November 18, 2011
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