This professional book offers a unique, comprehensive and timely guide on 3D audio recording. Intended for sound engineers and professionals, and summarizing more than twenty-year research on this topic, it includes extensive information and details on various microphone techniques and loudspeaker layouts, such as Auro-3D®, Dolby® AtmosTM, DTS:X®, MMAD, SONY 360 Reality Audio and Ambisonics. It presents a rich set of results obtained from both objective measurements and subjective listening tests, and a number of case studies for 3D recording, ranging from solo-instrument techniques to full symphony orchestra, and microphone systems for virtual reality applications. Further, it includes a chapter on spatial hearing discussing issues of 3D audio sound reproduction. All in all, this book offers extensive, practical information for sound engineers and professionals.
This professional book offers a unique, comprehensive and timely guide on 3D audio recording. Intended for sound engineers and professionals, and summarizing more than twenty-year research on this topic, it includes extensive information and details on various microphone techniques and loudspeaker layouts, such as Auro-3D®, Dolby® AtmosTM, DTS:X®, MMAD, SONY 360 Reality Audio and Ambisonics. It presents a rich set of results obtained from both objective measurements and subjective listening tests, and a number of case studies for 3D recording, ranging from solo-instrument techniques to full symphony orchestra, and microphone systems for virtual reality applications. Further, it includes a chapter on spatial hearing discussing issues of 3D audio sound reproduction. All in all, this book offers extensive, practical information for sound engineers and professionals.
Edwin Pfanzagl-Cardone
3D Audio Immersive Audio Spatial Audio Surround Sound Dolby Atmos Auro 3D Ambisonics 360° Audio Microphone technique Stereo Sound
“The Art And Science Of Surround And Stereo Recording, the 400-page tome provides detailed technical insights into the strengths and weaknesses of many different stereo and surround microphone techniques … . A huge amount of theoretical and practical information has been drawn together very skilfully in this new book and, while it certainly takes some very careful digestion, I found it a fascinating and helpful guide to the technical workings of each technique … .” (Hugh Robjohns, SOS Sound On Sound, soundonsound.com, October, 2024)
“The Art and Science of 3D Audio Recording by Edwin Pfanzagle-Cardone covers a lot of ground and should be of interest to a wide range of readers. The first thing I noticed about this book is that it is chock full of colorful and detailed illustrations. It really is a feast for the eyes and, of course, the brain! … I recommend The Art and Science of 3D Audio Recording for anyone interested in 3D audio … .” (Todd Welti, Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Vol. 71 (11), November, 2023)