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Multiple scattering ambisonics: Three-dimensional sound field estimation using interacting spheres
Shoken Kaneko1, Ramani Duraiswami1
1Perceptual Interfaces and Reality Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA kaneko60@umd.edu, ramanid@umd.edu.
Abstract:
Rigid spherical microphone arrays (RSMAs) have been widely used in ambisonics [Gerzon (1973). J. Audio Eng. Soc. 21, 2-10] sound field recording. While it is desired to combine the information captured by a grid of densely arranged RSMAs for expanding the area of accurate reconstruction, or sweet-spots, this is not trivial due to inter-array interference. Here, we propose multiple scattering ambisonics, a method for three-dimensional ambisonics sound field recording using multiple acoustically interacting RSMAs. Numerical experiments demonstrate the sweet-spot expansion realized by the proposed method. The proposed method can be used with existing RSMAs as building blocks and opens possibilities including higher degrees-of-freedom spatial audio.
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