Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Who coined the term "head-related transfer function"? From: John Neuhoff <JNEUHOFF@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 14:28:40 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--_000_DM5PR06MB24922DCCE6E0DCD5A6E18C16D4CB0DM5PR06MB2492namp_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable HRTF appears in a 1983 comment in the JOURNAL OF THE AUDIO ENGINEERING SOCI= ETY, Volume: 3, Issue: 1,Pages: 760-760 PHASE REFERENCE IN HRTF CALCULATION By:COOPER, DH I'm not sure if that is the first occurrence. Blauert called this the FFTF = (Free field transform function) in 1974. -JN ___________________________ John G. Neuhoff Professor Department of Psychology The College of Wooster Associate Editor, Auditory Perception & Cognition http://jneuhoff.com ________________________________ From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx>= on behalf of Marc Schoenwiesner <marcs@xxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2018 9:46 AM To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx Subject: [AUDITORY] Who coined the term "head-related transfer function"? Dear all, does anyone know who coined the term "head-related transfer function"? The = first mention in a paper (as far as I have been able to determine) is by Fr= ederic Wightman and Doris Kistler in 1988, but they write: "...the free-fie= ld-to-eardrum transfer function (sometimes called the head-related transfer= function, or HRTF)...", which sounds like there must be an earlier source. Best, Marc =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Vice Dean Dept of Life Sciences Professor of Neurobiology Department of Biology University of Leipzig Talstrasse 33 __o 04103 Leipzig _`\<,_ +493419736723 (+) / (+) & Department of Psychology University of Montreal Montreal, Quebec, Canada www.schoenwiesnerlab.ca<http://www.schoenwiesnerlab.ca> Sch=F6nwiesner Lab | Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience<http://www.schoenwiesn= erlab.ca/> www.schoenwiesnerlab.ca Interests. We are interested in how the brain encodes and processes simple = and complex sounds and how these mechanisms change when people adjust to ne= w listening ... www.uni-leipzig.de/~neuro/ http://uni-leipzig.de/~acn/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --_000_DM5PR06MB24922DCCE6E0DCD5A6E18C16D4CB0DM5PR06MB2492namp_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-= 1"> <style type=3D"text/css" style=3D"display:none;"><!-- P {margin-top:0;margi= n-bottom:0;} --></style> </head> <body dir=3D"ltr"> <div id=3D"divtagdefaultwrapper" style=3D"font-size:10pt;color:#000000;font= -family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" dir=3D"ltr"> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">HRTF appears in a 1983 comment in= the JOURNAL OF THE AUDIO ENGINEERING SOCIETY,<span class=3D"FR_label"> Vol= ume:</span> 3,<span class=3D"FR_label"> Issue:</span> 1,<span class=3D"FR_l= abel">Pages:</span> 760-760 <br> </p> <div class=3D"block-record-info-source-values"> <p class=3D"FR_field"><br> </p> </div> <p></p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"></p> <div class=3D"title">PHASE REFERENCE IN <span class=3D"hitHilite">HRTF</spa= n> CALCULATION </div> <div class=3D"block-record-info"> <p class=3D"FR_field"><span class=3D"FR_label">By:</span>COOPER, DH</p> </div> <br> <p></p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">I'm not sure if that is the first= occurrence. Blauert called this the FFTF (Free field transform function) i= n 1974. <br> </p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><br> </p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">-JN<br> </p> <div id=3D"Signature"> <div id=3D"divtagdefaultwrapper" dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-size: 10pt; colo= r: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, "EmojiFont= ", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColo= rEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbol= s;"> <div name=3D"divtagdefaultwrapper" style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helve= tica,sans-serif; font-size:; margin:0"> <div style=3D"font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"> <div>___________________________</div> John G. Neuhoff <div>Professor</div> <div>Department of Psychology</div> <div>The College of Wooster</div> <div>Associate Editor, Auditory Perception & Cognition</div> <div>http://jneuhoff.com</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <br> <br> <div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <hr style=3D"display:inline-block;width:98%" tabindex=3D"-1"> <div id=3D"divRplyFwdMsg" dir=3D"ltr"><font style=3D"font-size:11pt" face= =3D"Calibri, sans-serif" color=3D"#000000"><b>From:</b> AUDITORY - Research= in Auditory Perception <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx> on behalf of Marc = Schoenwiesner <marcs@xxxxxxxx><br> <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 15, 2018 9:46 AM<br> <b>To:</b> AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx<br> <b>Subject:</b> [AUDITORY] Who coined the term "head-related transfer = function"?</font> <div> </div> </div> <div class=3D"" style=3D"word-wrap:break-word; line-break:after-white-space= "><span class=3D"" style=3D"font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light">Dear all,</spa= n> <div class=3D"" style=3D"font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light"><br class=3D""> </div> <div class=3D"" style=3D"font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light">does anyone know = who coined the term "head-related transfer function"? The fi= rst mention in a paper (as far as I have been able to determine) is by Fred= eric Wightman and Doris Kistler in 1988, but they write: "...the free-field-to-eardrum transfer function (sometimes called the= head-related transfer function, or HRTF)...", which sounds like there= must be an earlier source.</div> <div class=3D"" style=3D"font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light"><br class=3D""> </div> <div class=3D"" style=3D"font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light">Best,</div> <div class=3D"" style=3D"font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light">Marc</div> <div class=3D"" style=3D"font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light"><br class=3D""> </div> <div class=3D""> <div class=3D"" style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"> <div style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Helvetica; font-size:14px; font= -style:normal; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; text-align:start;= text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px= "> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<br= class=3D""> Vice Dean Dept of Life Sciences</div> <div style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Helvetica; font-size:14px; font= -style:normal; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; text-align:start;= text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px= "> Professor of Neurobiology<br class=3D""> Department of Biology<br class=3D""> University of Leipzig<br class=3D""> Talstrasse 33 __o<br class=3D""> 04103 Leipzig _`\<,_<br class=3D""> +493419736723 (+) / (+)<br class=3D""> & Department of Psychology<br class=3D""> University of Montreal<br class=3D""> Montreal, Quebec, Canada<br class=3D""> <a href=3D"http://www.schoenwiesnerlab.ca" class=3D"" id=3D"LPlnk982478" pr= eviewremoved=3D"true">www.schoenwiesnerlab.ca</a> <div id=3D"LPBorder_GT_15187909054740.2840610050412692" style=3D"margin-bot= tom: 20px; overflow: auto; width: 100%; text-indent: 0px;"> <table id=3D"LPContainer_15187909054710.46622557130424347" style=3D"width: = 90%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: relative; overflow: au= to; padding-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; border-top: = 1px dotted rgb(200, 200, 200); border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(200, 200, 200)= ;" role=3D"presentation" cellspacing=3D"0"> <tbody> <tr style=3D"border-spacing: 0px;" valign=3D"top"> <td id=3D"TextCell_15187909054720.5880705947263337" style=3D"vertical-align= : top; position: relative; padding: 0px; display: table-cell;" colspan=3D"2= "> <div id=3D"LPRemovePreviewContainer_15187909054720.6753364683838952"></div> <div id=3D"LPTitle_15187909054720.26101220720178475" style=3D"top: 0px; col= or: rgb(0, 120, 215); font-weight: 400; font-size: 21px; font-family: "= ;wf_segoe-ui_light", "Segoe UI Light", "Segoe WP Light&= quot;, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-seri= f; line-height: 21px;"> <a id=3D"LPUrlAnchor_15187909054720.7307126029087552" style=3D"text-decorat= ion: none;" href=3D"http://www.schoenwiesnerlab.ca/" target=3D"_blank">Sch= =F6nwiesner Lab | Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience</a></div> <div id=3D"LPMetadata_15187909054730.8667125817209707" style=3D"margin: 10p= x 0px 16px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 400; font-family: "= ;wf_segoe-ui_normal", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Taho= ma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;"> www.schoenwiesnerlab.ca</div> <div id=3D"LPDescription_15187909054730.7983422610130391" style=3D"display:= block; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 400; font-family: "wf_= segoe-ui_normal", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, = Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; max-height: 100px; o= verflow: hidden;"> Interests. We are interested in how the brain encodes and processes simple = and complex sounds and how these mechanisms change when people adjust to ne= w listening ...</div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <br class=3D""> www.uni-leipzig.de/~neuro/<br class=3D""> http://uni-leipzig.de/~acn/<br class=3D""> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D</d= iv> </div> </div> <br class=3D""> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html> --_000_DM5PR06MB24922DCCE6E0DCD5A6E18C16D4CB0DM5PR06MB2492namp_--