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... the sound field at microphone positions using the reproduction with an array of loudspeakers instead of using more common approach of cancelling the unwanted from the microphone signal Spatial sound ... assumptions, analysis and storage of a spatial sound field in such a way can be highly efficient and enable reconstruction of the original spatial sound field, or if desired manipulation of the original ... systems capable to reproduce 3D sound scene The focus is in wave field synthesis, which is a technique which uses a large number of loudspeakers and aims to reproduce the sound field correctly Virtual...