IOSONO The Art of Natural Sound

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IOSONO The Art of Natural Sound

• IOSONO - A Breakthrough in Audio Technology for
  Museums, Domes and Science Centers
• Judy Baerwolf, IOSONO GmbH
• ECSITE Annual Conference 2005, 10th -12th June,
  Vantaa, Finland

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Imagine
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Overview

• Audio quality in museums, domes and science
  center
• Principle of Wave Field Synthesis (WFS)
• How does IOSONO work?
• IOSONO Sound System
• Summary Benefits

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Audio quality in museums, domes and science center

• Be part of the show!
• Focusing on the message
• Usage of technology as an aid
• Listening is one of the important senses
• Listening is 360 ? spatial
• Improvement of sound quality
• Aim natural and realistic sound
• Solution new approach in audio production and
  reproduction using Wave Field Synthesis

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Audio quality in museums, domes and science center
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Audio quality in museums, domes and science center
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Audio quality in museums, domes and science center

• Be part of the show!
• Focusing on the message
• Usage of technology as an aid
• Listening is one of the important senses
• Listening is 360 ? spatial
• Improvement of sound quality
• Aim natural and realistic sound
• Solution new approach in audio production and
  reproduction using Wave Field Synthesis

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Principle of Wave Field Synthesis (WFS)
secondary source
primary source
Time delay, amplitude scaling
Based on Huygens principle (1690)
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How does IOSONO work?

• The sound is perceived from a certain position
  behind the loudspeakers
• creates a wave field within the listening
  area
• using separately controlled loudspeakers

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How does IOSONO work?

• The sound is perceived from a certain position
  behind the loudspeakers
• creates a homogeneous sound field inside the
  room, e.g. dome, exhibit
• using separately controlled loudspeakers

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How does IOSONO work?

• So you can create, position and move sound
  objects freely
• creates a homogeneous sound field inside the
  room, e.g. in the dome or exhibit
• using separately controlled loudspeakers

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IOSONO Sound System (1) - Equipment
IOSONO Control and Rendering Unit
IOSONO loudspeaker panels
IOSONO Spatial Audio Workstation
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IOSONO Sound System (2) - Creative potential
Reverb right front
Reverb left front
Sound object 2e.g. voice 1
10000000
Reverb left front
Reverb right front
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IOSONO Sound System (3) - Installation at Todd
A/O Studios/Hollywood
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Summery Benefits

• Stable sound image in the whole room
• Natural and spatial listening experience at all
  places
• Authentic move of sound objects
• Backward compatibility to conventional audio
  formats (Stereo, 5.1, X.X ) and great
  enhancement of sound reproduction
• Interchangeable audio production over MPEG4 or
  conventional audio formats
• Technical borders between real word and virtual
  word disappear
• ? with IOSONO you can create unique emotional
  experience in your dome or exhibit

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Thank you for your attention!

• You are always welcome to visit the first IOSONO
  Cinema in Ilmenau, Germany!
• It is my pleasure to present IOSONO - the new
  dimension of sound.
• Judy Bärwolf
• IOSONO GmbH
• Judy.Baerwolf_at_iosono-sound.com
• 49-3677-694860