Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Who coined the term "head-related transfer function"? From: Pierre Divenyi <pdivenyi@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 10:31:22 -0800 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------916EBA5A12EED8A664F6F61E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by edgeum2.it.mcgill.ca id w1GIVQKI024767 Hi all auditories, I thought Jens Blauert would be the best equipped to reply to this=20 question. Here is his answer, in German and in Google-translate-English=20 (=3Da peculiar English dialect). Enjoy, Pierre =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D *Hallo Pierre --** **Es war Georg Plenge (erlebt noch in Berlin) in einem JASA paper ca.=20 1972. ** **Wurde von Dennis Mc. Fadden reviewed. Ich hatte in meinem Buch=20 "Au=DFenohr-=DCbertragungsfunktion"** **(external-ear transfer function) verwendet, aber HRTF hat sich=20 durchgesetzt, obwohl falsch.** **Was hei=DFt denn "related"? Es_IST_**die =DCbertragungsfunktion des Kop= fes=20 bzw. Ohres! Das Plenge-Paper m=FCsste**ich mal raussuchen. Die JASA-B=E4nde sind in B= ochum. Es ging dabei um Im-Kopf-Lokalisertheit bei Kunstkopfsignalen -- oder so=20 =E4hnlich.** **-- Gru=DF, Jens =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Hello Pierre - It was Georg Plenge (still in Berlin) in a JASA paper circa 1972. Was by Dennis Mc. Fadden reviewed. I had in my book "outer ear transfer=20 function" (external-ear transfer function) used, but HRTF has prevailed, although=20 wrong. What does "related" mean? It IS the transfer function of the head or ear! The plenary paper I would have to raussuchen. The JASA volumes are in=20 Bochum. It was about in-head Lokalisiertheit artificial head signals - or=20 something like that. -- Greetings, Jens =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D *** On 2/15/18 6:46 AM, Marc Schoenwiesner wrote: > Dear all, > > does anyone know who coined the term=A0"head-related transfer function"= ?=20 > The first mention in a paper (as far as I have been able to determine)=20 > is by Frederic Wightman and Doris Kistler in 1988, but they write:=20 > "...the free-field-to-eardrum transfer function (sometimes called the=20 > head-related transfer function, or HRTF)...", which sounds like there=20 > 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 =A0of =A0Neurobiology > Department of Biology > University of Leipzig > Talstrasse 33 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 __o > 04103 Leipzig =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 _`\<,_ > +493419736723 =A0 =A0(+) / (+) > & Department of Psychology > University =A0of =A0Montreal > Montreal, Quebec, Canada > www.schoenwiesnerlab.ca <http://www.schoenwiesnerlab.ca> > 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 > --------------916EBA5A12EED8A664F6F61E Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by edgeum2.it.mcgill.ca id w1GIVQKI024767 <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dwindows-1252"> </head> <body text=3D"#000000" bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF"> <font face=3D"Calibri">Hi all auditories,<br> <br> I thought Jens Blauert would be the best equipped to reply to this question. Here is his answer, in German and in Google-translate-English (=3Da peculiar English dialect). <br> <br> Enjoy,<br> Pierre<br> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<br> </font><br> <font face=3D"Calibri"><b><tt>Hallo Pierre --</tt></b><b><tt><br> </tt></b><b><tt>Es war Georg Plenge (erlebt noch in Berlin) in einem JASA paper ca. 1972. </tt></b><b><tt><br> </tt></b><b><tt>Wurde von Dennis Mc. Fadden reviewed. Ich hatte in meinem Buch "Au=DFenohr-=DCbertragungsfunktion"</tt></b><b><= tt><br> </tt></b><b><tt>(external-ear transfer function) verwendet, aber HRTF hat sich durchgesetzt, obwohl falsch.</tt></b><b><tt><br> </tt></b><b><tt>Was hei=DFt denn "related"? Es<u> IST</u></tt></b= ><b><tt> die =DCbertragungsfunktion des Kopfes bzw. Ohres!=A0 <br> Das Plenge-Paper m=FCsste</tt></b><b><tt> ich mal raussuchen. Die JASA-B=E4nde sind in Bochum.<br> Es ging dabei um Im-Kopf-Lokalisertheit bei Kunstkopfsignalen -- oder so =E4hnlich.</tt></b><b><tt><br> </tt></b><b><tt>-- Gru=DF, Jens<br> <br> <font face=3D"Calibri">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<= br> <tt><font face=3D"Calibri">Hello Pierre -<br> It was Georg Plenge (still in Berlin) in a JASA paper circa 1972.<br> Was by Dennis Mc. Fadden reviewed. I had in my book "outer ear transfer function"<br> (external-ear transfer function) used, but HRTF has prevailed, although wrong.<br> What does "related" mean? It IS the transfer function of the head or ear!<br> The plenary paper I would have to raussuchen. The JASA volumes are in Bochum.<br> It was about in-head Lokalisiertheit artificial head signals - or something like that.<br> -- Greetings, Jens<br> <br> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<br> <br> </font></tt></font></tt></b><b><tt> </tt></b></font> <div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">On 2/15/18 6:46 AM, Marc Schoenwiesner wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type=3D"cite" cite=3D"mid:20763_1518757829_5A8667C5_20763_56_1_6BECFDF0-ED2C-4187-9B79-= 47A6661589A7@xxxxxxxx"> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dwindows-1252"> <span style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light;" class=3D"">Dear a= ll,</span> <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=A0"head-related transfer function"? The first mention in a paper (as far as I have been able to determine) is by Frederic 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</d= iv> <div class=3D"" style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light;"><br class=3D""> </div> <div class=3D""> <div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""> <div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 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-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Professor =A0of =A0Neurobiol= ogy<br class=3D""> Department of Biology<br class=3D""> University of Leipzig<br class=3D""> Talstrasse 33 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 __o<br class=3D""> 04103 Leipzig =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 _`\<,_<br class=3D""> +493419736723 =A0 =A0(+) / (+)<br class=3D""> & Department of Psychology<br class=3D""> University =A0of =A0Montreal<br class=3D""> Montreal, Quebec, Canada<br class=3D""> <a href=3D"http://www.schoenwiesnerlab.ca" class=3D"" moz-do-not-send=3D"true">www.schoenwiesnerlab.ca</a><br class=3D""> <a class=3D"moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href=3D"http://www.uni-= leipzig.de/~neuro/">www.uni-leipzig.de/~neuro/</a><br class=3D""> <a class=3D"moz-txt-link-freetext" href=3D"http://uni-leipzig= .de/~acn/">http://uni-leipzig.de/~acn/</a><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</div> </div> </div> <br class=3D""> </blockquote> <br> </body> </html> --------------916EBA5A12EED8A664F6F61E--