@inproceedings {Jacobsen1674_2016, year = {2016}, author = {Jacobsen, Arne and Grosse, Julian and van de Par, Steven}, title = {Upmixing Stereo Signals and Perceptive Optimization for Multichannel Audio Reproduction}, booktitle = {Proc. German Annual Conf. Acoust. (DAGA)}, URL = {http://www.daga2016.de/fileadmin/uploads/2016.daga-tagung.de/Programm/DAGA16_Programm_online.pdf}, abstract = {In multichannel audio reproduction it is usually desired to create a listening experience that is as authentic as possible with respect to the spatial impression. Recently, a newmultichannel audio reproduction system and optimization method was introduced by Grosse and van de Par [IEEE, (2015)], that is used for a perceptual accurate reproduction of recorded sound fields. Basis for this are separately recorded signals that represent the direct and diffuse sound field. In order to minimize the perceptual relevant influences in the reproduction room, the optimization method takes care of the spectral aspects of those signals. To generalize the proposed method, existing stereo recordings are processed in such a way that they can be used for the above-mentioned reproduction system. For this purpose an algorithm for signal separation that has been presented by Breebaart and Schuijers [IEEE, (2008)] is used to decompose a stereo signal into a direct and diffuse signal. These signals are used in the perceptually motivated optimization method as well. A subjective evaluation is conducted to show the improvement of the perceived quality of such an approach.} }