An Efficient Parametric Codec for Low-Bitrate First-Order Ambisonics

Wei-Ting Lai, Amy Bastine, Lachlan Birnie, Thushara D. Abhayapala, and Prasanga N. Samarasinghe

Audio & Acoustic Signal Processing Group · The Australian National University

Project repository Paper and research code forthcoming

Listening demo

Audio samples

Headphones recommended for the stereo monitoring renders.

Original stereo monitoring render

MetaFOA stereo monitoring render

Source recording: STARSS23 · six-second excerpt from fold4_room23_mix005