The trajectoRIR Database: Room Acoustic Recordings Along a Trajectory of Moving Microphones

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Auteurs principaux: Damiano, Stefano, MacWilliam, Kathleen, Lorenzoni, Valerio, Dietzen, Thomas, van Waterschoot, Toon
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author Damiano, Stefano
MacWilliam, Kathleen
Lorenzoni, Valerio
Dietzen, Thomas
van Waterschoot, Toon
author_facet Damiano, Stefano
MacWilliam, Kathleen
Lorenzoni, Valerio
Dietzen, Thomas
van Waterschoot, Toon
contents Data availability is essential in the development of acoustic signal processing algorithms, especially when it comes to data-driven approaches that demand large and diverse training datasets. For this reason, an increasing number of databases have been published in recent years, including either room impulse responses (RIRs) or audio recordings during motion. In this paper we introduce the trajectoRIR database, an extensive, multi-array collection of both dynamic and stationary acoustic recordings along a controlled trajectory in a room. Specifically, the database contains moving-microphone recordings and stationary RIRs that spatially sample the room acoustics along an L-shaped trajectory. This combination makes trajectoRIR unique and applicable to a wide range of tasks, including sound source localization and tracking, spatially dynamic sound field reconstruction, auralization, and system identification. The recording room has a reverberation time of 0.5 s, and the three different microphone configurations employed include a dummy head, with additional reference microphones located next to the ears, 3 first-order Ambisonics microphones, two circular arrays of 16 and 4 channels, and a 12-channel linear array. The motion of the microphones was achieved using a robotic cart traversing a 4.62 m-long rail at three speeds: [0.2, 0.4, 0.8] m/s. Audio signals were reproduced using two stationary loudspeakers. The collected database features 8648 stationary RIRs, as well as perfect sweeps, speech, music, and stationary noise recorded during motion. Python functions are provided to access the recorded audio and retrieve the associated geometric information.
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spellingShingle The trajectoRIR Database: Room Acoustic Recordings Along a Trajectory of Moving Microphones
Damiano, Stefano
MacWilliam, Kathleen
Lorenzoni, Valerio
Dietzen, Thomas
van Waterschoot, Toon
Audio and Speech Processing
Data availability is essential in the development of acoustic signal processing algorithms, especially when it comes to data-driven approaches that demand large and diverse training datasets. For this reason, an increasing number of databases have been published in recent years, including either room impulse responses (RIRs) or audio recordings during motion. In this paper we introduce the trajectoRIR database, an extensive, multi-array collection of both dynamic and stationary acoustic recordings along a controlled trajectory in a room. Specifically, the database contains moving-microphone recordings and stationary RIRs that spatially sample the room acoustics along an L-shaped trajectory. This combination makes trajectoRIR unique and applicable to a wide range of tasks, including sound source localization and tracking, spatially dynamic sound field reconstruction, auralization, and system identification. The recording room has a reverberation time of 0.5 s, and the three different microphone configurations employed include a dummy head, with additional reference microphones located next to the ears, 3 first-order Ambisonics microphones, two circular arrays of 16 and 4 channels, and a 12-channel linear array. The motion of the microphones was achieved using a robotic cart traversing a 4.62 m-long rail at three speeds: [0.2, 0.4, 0.8] m/s. Audio signals were reproduced using two stationary loudspeakers. The collected database features 8648 stationary RIRs, as well as perfect sweeps, speech, music, and stationary noise recorded during motion. Python functions are provided to access the recorded audio and retrieve the associated geometric information.
title The trajectoRIR Database: Room Acoustic Recordings Along a Trajectory of Moving Microphones
topic Audio and Speech Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.23004