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Head-related transfer function

A head-related transfer function (HRTF) is a response that characterizes how an ear receives a sound from a point in space. As sound strikes the listener, the size and shape of the head, ears, ear canal, density of the head, size and shape of nasal and oral cavities, all transform the sound and affect how it is perceived, boosting some frequencies and…

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Recording and playback technology

A3DEAXOpenALData setWindows 10
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Time-invariant systemDummy headFrequencyThree spatial variablesFar field
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How HRTF works

DiffractionReflectionHeadTorsoTransduction
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Sound localization

PinnaImpulse responseConvolutionFourier transformSound
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HRTF from geometry

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Head-related transfer function

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sound hrtf ear head ears hrtfs frequency transfer function response headphones auditory space source used direction surround phase also spatial

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