Subject: Acoustic Flow Field Generation From: "Michael S. Gordon" <msgordon(at)CITRUS.UCR.EDU> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 13:43:51 -0700> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3081937431_473125 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Dear List - I am interested in capturing the acoustic flow field of a person walkin= g down a hallway. Thus far I have made a couple of binaural recordings of (1) a perceiver walking past individuals reading text (live) and (2) a perceive= r walking past a series of loudspeakers projecting an assortment of recorded sounds (e.g., human speech, typewriter clicks, etc.). Those who have listened to these recordings have found the first set a much more compellin= g indication of the listener=B9s motion than the second. There are several reasons why this may have been the case: the live readers were fewer, more sparsely located, and generally louder than the recordings via loudspeakers= . I am writing to the list because I was hoping that some of you might have some intuitions or know some references that would help guide me to more successfully capture the acoustic flow field of a person walking through a hallway. Specifically I am wondering whether live sounds should b= e easier to localize through a loudspeaker than recorded sounds? Furthermore should the localizability of the sound sources contribute to the =8Crealness=B9 of the walking event for a listener? I would greatly appreciate any thoughts on this issue. > Respectfully, > Mike Gordon --=20 Michael S. Gordon Ecological Acoustics Laboratory Department of Psychology University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA 92521 USA 909-787-4579 mike.gordon(at)psych.ucr.edu http://www.psych.ucr.edu/faculty/rosenblum/Mike_Gordon/MikeGordon_home.html --B_3081937431_473125 Content-type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Acoustic Flow Field Generation</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman">Dear List -<BR> I am interested in capturing the acoustic flow fiel= d of a person walking down a hallway. Thus far I have made a couple of binau= ral recordings of (1) a perceiver walking past individuals reading text (liv= e) and (2) a perceiver walking past a series of loudspeakers projecting an a= ssortment of recorded sounds (e.g., human speech, typewriter clicks, etc.). = Those who have listened to these recordings have found the first set a much = more compelling indication of the listener’s motion than the second. T= here are several reasons why this may have been the case: the live readers w= ere fewer, more sparsely located, and generally louder than the recordings v= ia loudspeakers.<BR> I am writing to the list because I was hoping= that some of you might have some intuitions or know some references that wo= uld help guide me to more successfully capture the acoustic flow field of a = person walking through a hallway. Specifically I am wondering whether live s= ounds should be easier to localize through a loudspeaker than recorded sound= s? Furthermore should the localizability of the sound sources contribute to = the ‘realness’ of the walking event for a listener? I woul= d greatly appreciate any thoughts on this issue.<BR> <BR> </FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman"> &n= bsp; Respectfully,<BR> &nb= sp; Mike Gordon<BR> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman">-- <BR> Michael S. Gordon<BR> Ecological Acoustics Laboratory<BR> Department of Psychology<BR> University of California, Riverside<BR> Riverside, CA 92521<BR> USA<BR> 909-787-4579<BR> mike.gordon(at)psych.ucr.edu<BR> http://www.psych.ucr.edu/faculty/rosenblum/Mike_Gordon/MikeGordon_home.html= <BR> <BR> </FONT> </BODY> </HTML> --B_3081937431_473125--