AES Fall Online Convention

We present a subjective evaluation of various 3D main-microphone techniques for three-dimensional binaural music production. Forty-seven subjects participated in the survey, listening on headphones. Results suggest that ESMA-3D, followed by Decca tree with height, work best of the included 3D arrays. However, the dummy head and a stereo AB microphone performed as well if not better than any of the arrays. Though not implemented for this study, our workflow allows the possibility to include individualized HRTF's and head-tracking; their impact will be considered in a future study.