A spherical array approach for simulation of binaural impulse responses using the finite difference time domain method

Jonathan Sheaffer, Maarten Van Walstijn, Boaz Rafaely, Konrad Kowalczyk

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Abstract

The finite difference time domain (FDTD) method has direct applications in musical instrument modeling, simulation of environmental acoustics, room acoustics and sound reproduction paradigms, all of which benefit from auralization. However, rendering binaural impulse responses from simulated data is not straightforward to accomplish as the calculated pressure at FDTD grid nodes does not contain any directional information. This paper addresses this issue by introducing a spherical array to capture sound pressure on a finite difference grid, and decomposing it into a plane-wave density function. Binaural impulse responses are then constructed in the spherical harmonics domain by combining the decomposed grid data with free field head-related transfer functions. The effects of designing a spherical array in a Cartesian grid are studied, and emphasis is given to the relationships between array sampling and the spatial and spectral design parameters of several finite-difference schemes.

Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationForum Acusticum, FA 2014
EditorsBartlomiej Borkowski
ISBN (Electronic)9788361402282
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2014
Event7th Forum Acusticum, FA 2014 - Krakow, Poland
Duration: 7 Sep 201412 Sep 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings of Forum Acusticum
Volume2014-January

Conference

Conference7th Forum Acusticum, FA 2014
Country/TerritoryPoland
CityKrakow
Period7/09/1412/09/14

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Acoustics and Ultrasonics

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