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Simulating the response of multiple microphones to a single acoustic source in a reverberant room

Patrick M. Peterson
- 01 Nov 1986 - 
- Vol. 80, Iss: 5, pp 1527-1529
TLDR
Using this "low-pass impulse" method, reverberant rooms can be simulated with sufficient accuracy to investigate multiple-microphone systems that are sensitive to interchannel phase.
Abstract
A method is presented for simulating the impulse response between an acoustic source and multiple microphones in a reverberant room. The method is similar to the image method described by Allen and Berkley [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 65, 943–950 (1979)] but includes modifications to simulate received echo arrival time accurately. The essential modification is to represent each received echo as a low‐pass‐filtered impulse at the correct arrival time. Using this ‘‘low‐pass impulse’’ method, reverberant rooms can be simulated with sufficient accuracy to investigate multiple‐microphone systems that are sensitive to interchannel phase.

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