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This thesis discusses a field-related recording technique based on microphone arrays and orthogonal sound field decomposition that delivers a suitable description for dynamic binaural reproduction. Using microphone arrays paired with orthogonal sound field decomposition appears to be a particularly promising approach for field-related dynamic binaural recording. It is based on an elegant, closed-form mathematical solution and allows accounting for head-tracking in all rotational degrees-of-freedom during the playback of a recorded auditory scene. The method inherently comprises individualization capabilities by employing individual head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) and allows for point-to-multipoint distribution.

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Bernschütz, Benjamin
Benjamin Bernschütz received an Audio Engineering Diploma at SAE Cologne in 2003, a Dipl.-Ing. degree in Communications Engineering from TH Köln in 2007, a M.Sc. in Computer Science from TH Köln in 2009. He worked for several years as audio engineer, sound system engineer, and as research associate at the institute of communications systems at TH Köln in the field of acoustics, signal processing, and spatial audio technology. He received his doctoral degree in 2016 from Technical University of Berlin, Audio Communication Group.

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