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  • Welcome to Virtual Acoustics 2024!

    In this course, you will learn the fundamental techniques of room acoustic modeling and spatial audio processing.

    The Virtual Acoustics course is in-person only. The lectures (60-90min) are provided by various expert teachers each session. The contact session also gives time to discuss, ask, and reflect on the lecture material. In addition, there will be a Matlab demo session 45 minutes to explain a new task for the home assignment and/or explanation of the solutions for the previous week's assignment.

    The main teacher will be prof. Sebastian J. Schlecht. In addition, MSc Nils Meyer-Kahlen will be a teaching assistant.

    Course communication is done via Slack. Please sign in and join #virtual-acoustics-2024
    https://join.slack.com/t/buildingvirtualworlds/shared_invite/zt-1kjsqw19f-JVoDshLB0aNi3oqIEzoYDg

    We like to get to know you. Please fill out the Pre-Course Questionnaire.

    Sessions start at 15:15 and take place in room Karjalainen at Otakaari 5

    Virtual Acoustics 2024, schedule (version 2023-11-15)
    Date Topic Lecturer Assignment 
    10.01.2024 Introduction, convolution, auralization (off-line + real-time)
    Practicalities
    Sebastian Schlecht
    17.01.2024 Head-Related Transfer Functions + binaural rendering
    Q&A Session
    Pedro Llado

    22.01.2024

    Due A1
    24.01.2024 Vector Base Amplitude Panning
    Assignment Session: Explanation of A1 + introduction of A2
    Ville Pulkki
    31.01.2024 Ambisonics - Mathematical basis
    Q&A Session
    Chris Hold

    05.02.2024

    Due A2
    07.02.2024 Ambisonics - Encoding & Decoder
    Assignment Session: Explanation of A2 + introduction of A3
    Nils Meyer-Kahlen

    14.02.2024 Room Acoustics - Ray-based modeling
    Q&A Session
    Lauri Savioja
    26.02.2024

    Due A3
    28.02.2024 Room Acoustics - Wave-based modeling
    Assignment Session: Explanation of A3 + introduction of A4
    Lauri Savioja

    04.03.2024  
     Due A4
    06.03.2024 Artificial reverberation - overview and DSP structures
    Assignment Session: Explanation of A4 + introduction of A5
    Vesa Välimäki
    13.03.2024 Artificial reverberation - Feedback Delay Networks
    Q&A Session
    Sebastian Schlecht
    18.03.2024  
     Due A5
    20.03.2024 Directional Audio Coding
    Assignment Session: Explanation of A5 + introduction of A6
    Ville Pulkki

    27.03.2024 Measurement-based spatial reverberation - capturing, SIRR and SDM
    Q&A Session
    Nils Meyer-Kahlen
    08.04.2024  
     Due A6
    10.04.2024 No Lecture. Explanation of A6 starts at 15:15