Auditory Localization

Both reverberation and locality add dimension to sound.

Auditory localization is the human perception of the placement of a sound source.

A listener receives cues indicating a sound's placement in an acoustic space (e.g. a room or concert hall).

Sound from a loudspeaker sounds like it's coming from a loudspeaker:

• imagery in an audio production can create the difference between ``a violinist in a room'' and a ``loudspeaker reproduction'';

The location of a sound source is typically defined by its

• direction;
• distance.