Presenting the S3A object-based audio drama dataset

Woodcock, JS; Pike, C; Melchior, F; Coleman, P; Franck, A; Hilton, A

Abstract

This engineering brief reports on the production of 3 object-based audio drama scenes, commissioned as part of the S3A project. 3D reproduction and an object-based workflow were considered and implemented from the initial script commissioning through to the final mix of the scenes. The scenes are being made available as Broadcast Wave Format files containing all objects as separate tracks and all metadata necessary to render the scenes as an XML chunk in the header conforming to the Audio Definition Model specification (Recommendation ITU-R BS.2076). It is hoped that these scenes will find use in perceptual experiments and in the testing of 3D audio systems. The scenes are available via the following link: http://dx.doi.org/10.17866/rd.salford.3043921.

• Presentation Conference Type: Poster
• Conference Name: 140th International AES Convention
• Start Date: Jun 3, 2016
• End Date: Jun 7, 2016
• Acceptance Date: Mar 9, 2016
• Publication Date: May 26, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jun 9, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 21, 2016
• Publisher URL: http://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=18159
• Related Public URLs: http://cvssp.org/data/s3a/public/radiodrama_register.php
• Additional Information: Additional Information : Dataset can be accessed at http://cvssp.org/data/s3a/public/radiodrama_register.php; Event Type : Conference; Funders : Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC); Projects : S3A; Grant Number: EP/L000539/1