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CHAPTER 16

Surround Sound and Immersive Audio

CHAPTERS CONTENTS

Advanced Spatial Audio Formats

Single-Layer Channel-Based Formats

Three-Channel (3-0) Stereo

Four-Channel Surround (3-1 Stereo)

5.1-Channel Surround (3-2 Stereo)

International Standards and Configurations

The LFE Channel and Use of Subwoofers

Horizontal Surround above 5.1

Multilayer Channel-Based Formats

Sound Field Sampling and Synthesis

SPS and Mach1 Formats

Wave Field Synthesis

Object-Based Representation

Spatial Audio Rendering

Binaural Rendering

Ambisonic Rendering

Sound Bar Rendering

Time–Frequency Representation of Spatial Audio

Multichannel Spatial Audio Monitoring

Main Loudspeakers

Multichannel Microphone Arrays

Single-Layer ...

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