Auralization of a car pass-by using impulse responses computed with the pseudospectral time-domain method

F. Georgiou, M.C.J. Hornikx

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Abstract

Car noise is the main environmental noise source in the urban environment. In this paper, a method for auralization of a car pass-by in a street from using a wave-based acoustic prediction method is explored. For the transfer paths between sound source locations and a listener, binaural impulse responses are computed with the pseudospectral time-domain method for various source locations. A dry synthesized car signal is convolved with the binaural impulse responses of the different locations in the street and cross-fade windows are used in order to make the transition between the source positions smooth and continuous. The auralizations are performed for the simplified scenarios where buildings are absent, and for an environment where a long building block is located behind the car. A subjective evaluation was carried out in order to detect the maximum spacing between the discrete source positions that still can produce a perceived continuous car pass-by auralization.
Original languageEnglish
Article number3778
JournalJournal of the Acoustical Society of America
Volume141
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2017
Event173rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the 8th Forum Acusticum (Acoustics2017), 25-29 June 2017, Boston, USA - Boston, United States
Duration: 25 Jun 201729 Jun 2017
http://acousticalsociety.org/content/acoustics-17-boston

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