@ARTICLE{Blauert_Jens_Providing_2012, author={Blauert, Jens and Rabenstein, Rudolf}, volume={vol. 37}, number={No 1}, journal={Archives of Acoustics}, pages={5-18}, howpublished={online}, year={2012}, publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Committee on Acoustics}, abstract={Available methods for room-related sound presentation are introduced and evaluated. A focus is put on the synthesis side rather than on complete transmission systems. Different methods are compared using common, though quite general criteria. The methods selected for comparison are: Intensity Stereophony after Blumlein, vector-base amplitude panning (VBAP), 5.1-Surround and its discrete-channel derivatives, synthesis with spherical harmonics (Ambisonics, HOA), synthesis based on the boundary method, namely, wave-field synthesis (WFS), and binaural-cue selection methods (e.g., DiRAC). While VBAP, 5.1-Surround and other discrete-channel-based methods show a number of practical advantages, they do, in the end, not aim at authentic sound-field reproduction. The so-called holophonic methods that do so, particularly, HOA and WFS, have specific advantages and disadvantages which will be discussed. Yet, both methods are under continuous development, and a decision in favor of one of them should be taken from a strictly application-oriented point of view by considering relevant application-specific advantages and disadvantages in detail.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={Providing Surround Sound with Loudspeakers: A Synopsis of Current Methods}, URL={http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/101566/PDF/02_paper.pdf}, doi={10.2478/v10168-012-0002-y}, keywords={surround sound, holography, wavefield synthesis, ambisonics, amplitude panning, summing localization}, }