TinyAVE¶

• TinyAVE
• Summary
• Parameter definition
• Coordinate system convention
• Parameter describing a listener (receiver)
• Parameter describing a sound source
• Parameter describing a virtual space
• Parameter describing the position of loudspeakers
• Other parameter
• Projects, sound, and music
• References
• External Links
• Media

Summary¶

• Description: auditory virtual environment (AVE) generator / auralization software
• Manufacturer / Developer: Christian Borß, Institute of Communication Acoustics, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
• Version: current development version
• Platform:
  1. tinyAVE (offline renderer): Matlab
  2. qtinyAVE (real-time renderer): C++, Qt, Jack

• OS: Linux
• License: commercial
• Reproduction format:
  1. tinyAVE (offline renderer): headphones (binaural, incl. HRTFs) and multi-speaker setups
  2. qtinyAVE (real-time renderer): headphones (binaural, incl. HRTFs)

• Status of this entry: in progress

Parameter definition¶

Coordinate system convention¶

• positions: right-handed cartesian coordinate system
• directions/orientations: yaw/pitch/roll

Parameter describing a listener (receiver)¶

parameter	description	data format	range	initial state	unit	example	misc
/listener/N/pos	Position of a listener	floating point	-inf ... +inf	0.0 0.0 0.0	m	/listener/1/pos 1.125 2.375 3.775	right-handed cartesian coordinate system
/listener/N/dir	Direction of a listener	floating point	-inf ... +inf	0.0 0.0 0.0	rad	/listener/1/dir 0.707 0.0 0.0	yaw, pitch, roll
..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

Parameter describing a sound source¶

parameter	description	data format	range	initial state	unit	example	misc
/source/N/pos	Position of a sound source	floating point	-inf ... +inf	0.0 0.0 0.0	m	/source/1/pos 1.125 2.375 3.775	right-handed cartesian coordinate system
/source/N/dir	Direction of a sound source	floating point	-inf ... +inf	0.0 0.0 0.0	rad	/source/1/dir 0.707 0.0 0.0	yaw, pitch, roll
..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

Parameter describing a virtual space¶

parameter	description	data format	range	initial state	unit	example	misc
size of a shoebox room	-	-	-	-	-	-	internal configuration
freq.-dependent reverberation time	-	-	-	-	-	-	internal configuration
echo density profile	-	-	-	-	-	-	internal configuration
..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

Parameter describing the position of loudspeakers¶

parameter	description	data format	range	initial state	unit	example	misc
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Other parameter¶

parameter	description	data format	range	initial state	unit	example	misc
..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

Projects, sound, and music¶

• HearCom project, URL: http://hearcom.eu/prof/RoomAcoustics/AudioExamples/RoomAcousticsDemo.html

References¶

• Borß, C. and Martin, R. (2009). “An Improved Parametric Model for Perception-Based Design of Virtual Acoustics,” 35th int. AES Convention, Feb. 2009, London, UK.

External Links¶

• http://www.ika.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ika/forschung/gruppe_martin/hum_mach_interf/aud_virtual_environment/tinyAVE_engl.htm

Media¶

• see external website