Presents cutting-edge theory and algorithms for spherical microphone arrays, including implementation examples and simulations with Matlab

Relevant for a broad range of applications in audio and acoustics, like speech communication, music recording, room acoustics, acoustic holography, virtual acoustics and binaural sound reproduction

Also relevant for other areas such as image processing and geodesy

Inhalt

Mathematical background.- Acoustical Background.-Sampling the Sphere.- Spherical array configurations.- Spherical Array Beamforming.- Optimal beam pattern design.- Beamforming with noise minimization.