Beamforming techniques are at the forefront of modern acoustical signal processing, enabling precise spatial filtering by harnessing arrays of microphones. These methods exploit constructive and ...

Spherical microphone arrays, with their geometrically optimised arrangements of detectors, have become an indispensable tool for capturing full sound fields in three dimensions. By leveraging the ...

Over ten years ago, a major smartphone manufacturer developed a demo of a smartphone with a ten-microphone array. It could pick out and hear a single person’s voice in a crowd – an amazing feature ...