listening
RSS listeningSmall Room Acoustics De-Mythologized
White Paper Finally, we will try to rationally apply this information to help in the design, or improvement, of a listening environment for recorded music. In this paper we will first study the behavior of sound in real rooms and find out how reverberation... [03 Jul 2008]
Whither Dither: Experience with High-Order Dithering Algorithms in the Studio
White Paper We show that the success of this process depends greatly on the ultimate use and listening environment for the material. An ever-increasing number of recordings are being made at resolutions greater than 16 bits and more than 100 dB of dynamic range. [03 Jul 2008]
Virtual Audio for Headphones
White Paper This creates a virtual sound image in three dimensions and can provide a stunning, immersive listening experience.Sensaura headphone processing employs HRTFs that have been created specifically for headphone listening. [03 Jul 2008]
MultiDrive Technology
White Paper This creates robust 3D audio, even in difficult listening environments.The frontal and rearward sound hemispheres are seamlessly integrated together such that any number of virtual sound sources can be made to move around the listener, controlled... [03 Jul 2008]
Dolby Evaluates DTS
White Paper Now that DTS encoders are finally being sold, Dolby has conducted a full set of measurement and listening tests on DTS technology. Some audio industry members and consumers have compared Dolby Digital and DTS tracks on DVDs, and found that they... [03 Jul 2008]
MultiDrive 5.1
White Paper This creates robust 3D audio, even in difficult listening environments. Sensaura 3D Positional Audio technology now incorporates a patented multi-speaker capability for creating 3D sound-fields using a 5.1 loudspeaker configuration. [03 Jul 2008]
A Listener's Guide to Pro Logic II
White Paper No matter if you're listening to Stravinsky, the Stones, or a Schwarzenegger movie, you'll get the realistic, involving sound you'd expect from a 5.1-channel system. Almost everyone has experienced the enveloping, electrifying effect of 5.1-channel... [03 Jul 2008]
Virtual Ear Technology
White Paper This is achieved by listening either through headphones or via loudspeakers in conjunction with a suitable transaural crosstalk-cancellation scheme.If the listener is to perceive synthesised 3D-sound cues correctly, the synthesised cues must be... [03 Jul 2008]
Computers that Recognise and Respond to User Emotion: Theoretical and Practical Implications
White Paper Prototypes of interactive computer systems have been built that can begin to detect and label aspects of human emotional expression, and that respond to users experiencing frustration and other negative emotions with emotionally supportive... [03 Jul 2008]
Zoran (VMD) Virtual Multichannel Digital A5.1 Surround System
White Paper VMD delivers an exciting listening experience in these target market applications, surpassing conventional multi-speaker systems, for both analog or digital source material. This document describes a novel loudspeaker system based on Zoran’s VMD... [03 Jul 2008]
Testing of ACELP 8 v3 on Netrix 2200
White Paper Listening tests do not allow for full evaluation of some important system attributes including delay, echo suppression, and voice activity detection. To fully exercise the two telecommunications systems, a conversation test was used. [03 Jul 2008]
Multiple Remote DoS Vulnerabilities in DCE/RPC Deamons
White Paper An unauthenticated remote attacker that can talk to the endpoint on which the server is listening can crash the server. Many DCE/RPC servers don't do proper parameter validation, and can be crashed by sending an improperly formatted request. [03 Jul 2008]
Downloading Free Music: Internet Music Lovers Don’t Think it’s Stealing
White Paper Despite its legal troubles, the online music company has promised to re-open access to the popular Instant Listening service within the next few weeks. Certain CDs (called Digital Automatic Music) purchased from MP3.com are available to be added to... [03 Jul 2008]
What is Voice Quality?
White Paper When we informally refer to "voice quality" we usually mean the subjective quality of a conversational voice call whereas when voice quality metrics are quoted they usually (but not always) relate to a listening test and do not take into account... [03 Jul 2008]
Profiles and Levels in MPEG-4: Approach and Overview
White Paper MPEG will be restrictive in defining any new profiles, listening carefully to what its users have to say. Profiles and Levels in MPEG-4 are standardised in order to give users a number of well-defined and well-chosen conformance points. [03 Jul 2008]
