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Software and APIs

2022-04-21T11:44:46Z

Noisternig:

== HDFView: Generic SOFA file viewer ==

SOFA files are based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetCDF netCDF-4]. NetCDF is based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hdf5 HDF5]. [http://www.hdfgroup.org/hdf-java-html/hdfview/ HDFView] is a generic viewer for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hdf5 HDF5] files running in Java.

Thus, SOFA files can be loaded and edited in the HDFView. This is a generic viewer; it allows browsing through all metadata and data in a numeric format only.

== SOFA API for Matlab/Octave ==

SOFA API for Matlab/Octave aims at providing a basic interface for handling SOFA files in Matlab and Octave.

The releases are provided at [https://sourceforge.net/projects/sofacoustics/ Sourceforge]. The sources are stored at [https://github.com/sofacoustics/sofa github]

== SOFA API for C++ ==

An API for C++ is available online. The version 1.0 is in accordance with the AES69-2015 standard.

The sources are stored at [https://github.com/sofacoustics/API_Cpp github].

If you have questions about this API, please send an email to the [mailto:sofacoustics-devel@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list]. You don't have to be a member of the mailing list to send a message to the list moderator.

== pysofaconventions: SOFA API for Python ==

[https://github.com/andresperezlopez/pysofaconventions pysofaconventions] is a SOFA API for Python made by Andrés Pérez-López (UPF/Eurecat, Spain). It is a full implementation of SOFA including reading and writing SOFA files, taking the C++ API as a reference. It supports automatic installation via [https://pypi.org/project/pysofaconventions/ the pip system].

== pySOFA: Lightweight SOFA API for Python (read-only, FIR only) ==

[https://github.com/Jencke/pySOFA pySOFA] is a SOFA API for Python made by Jörg Encke (TUM, Munich). The API is currently read-only and implements the FIR Datatype. It was implemented for a specific project and only implements a limited amount of features. If you have question about this API, feel free to contact [https://github.com/Jencke Jörg Encke] or to submit [https://github.com/Jencke/pySOFA/issues an issue report].

== SOFASonix: Lightweight SOFA API for Python (read/write support, all conventions) ==

[https://github.com/OneBadNinja/SOFASonix SOFASonix] is another lightweight SOFA API for Python made by Ioseb Laghidze (ISVR, Southampton University, UK). It supports both reading and writing of SOFA files for the conventions defined at the time of writing. The API is a full implementation of SOFA with built-in validation-checks for compliance with each convention and a generator of convention templates for quickly creating SOFA files. SOFASonix runs on an SQLite database, making it backwards compatible with previous versions of each convention.

== sofar: Maybe the most complete Python package for the SOFA file format (read/write support) ==

[https://pypi.org/project/sofar/ sofar] is a SOFA API for Python made by Fabian Brinkmann. It supports both reading and writing of SOFA files. The API allows adding custom data & attributes to SOFA files and verifying its content with respect to the data type and shape.

== libmysofa: Lightweight SOFA API in C (reading) ==

[https://github.com/hoene/libmysofa Libmysofa] is a light weight C-library intended to read SOFA files for spatial rendering.

It hardly has any library dependencies and is suitable for embedded devices. It can read SOFA files and check whether the data comply the "SimpleFreeFieldHRIR" conventions. In addition, provides functions to look-up and interpolate the filters for a given orientation and to normalize the HRTFs to a reference level. It compiles unter Linux (CMake) and Windows (Visual Studio 2015).

== WebSofa: SOFA API in JavaScript ==

[https://github.com/CWBudde/WebSofa WebSofa] is slightly based on the libmysofa research for loading HDF files without much dependencies. However, in contrast to the low level c library this library is meant to be executed in a JavaScript environment (such as any modern browser or [https://nodejs.org/en/ Node.js]). So far it is not completed as it's just a hobby project, but it already allows to display properties of a given SOFA file. Try it out in the [https://rawgit.com/CWBudde/WebSofa/master/Demo/www/index.html online demo].

== sofa~: SOFA for [https://cycling74.com Max] ==

[https://github.com/APL-Huddersfield/SOFA-for-Max SOFA for Max] is a collection of objects made by Dale Johnson and Hyunkook Lee ([https://www.hud.ac.uk/apl/resources University of Huddersfield], UK) for using and creating SOFA files in [https://cycling74.com Max]. It is based on libsofa C++ API and enables SOFA files to be utilized in patches designed for spatial audio reproduction. The binaries are available for [ https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3269271 MacOS and Windows].

== Application: IRCAM Spat ==
[https://forum.ircam.fr/projects/detail/spat/ Spat] is a software suite for sound spatialisation in real-time in music creation, post-production, and live performances. It supports SOFA for binaural rendering.

== Application: IRCAM Panoramix ==
[https://forum.ircam.fr/projects/detail/panoramix/ Panoramix] is a standalone application for spatial audio mixing and post-production. It supports SOFA for binaural rendering.

== Application: SOFAlizer plug-in for VLC player ==

SOFAlizer is a simple demo of an audio engine as a plugin for the [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC-Player].

Currently, Windows binaries of the VLC-Player 2.1 compiled with the SOFAlizer plugin are available. Details on the installation can be found [https://github.com/sofacoustics/SOFAlizer/releases/tag/0.1.0 here].

The source code is available [https://github.com/sofacoustics/SOFAlizer here]. The file [https://github.com/sofacoustics/SOFAlizer/blob/master/modules/audio_filter/sofalizer/sofalizer.c sofalizer.c] can serve as an example of how to load SOFA files in C++.

== Application: DirPat ==

[https://opendata.iem.at/projects/dirpat/ DirPat] is a set of tools aiming at the analysis and visualization of the directivity of acoustic sources like loudspeakers, microphones, singers, talkers, and music instruments. DirPat consists of user interfaces, signal-processing tools, and a database of measured directivities which are handled as SOFA files.

== Application: 3D Tune-In Toolkit ==

[https://github.com/3DTune-In/3dti_AudioToolkit 3D Tune-In Toolkit] is a standard C++ library for audio spatialization via headphones. It was developed within the [http://www.3d-tune-in.eu 3D Tune-In project] aiming at using 3D sound and simulating hearing loss and hearing aids within virtual environments and games.

== Application: Anaglyph VST ==

[http://anaglyph.dalembert.upmc.fr Anaglyph VST] is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Studio_Technology#VST_plugins VST effect plugin] for binaural rendering with SOFA files in a digital-audio workstation. Anaglyph includes a personalizable morphological ITD model, near-field ILD corrections, and HRTF parallax selection, among other features.

== Application: Binaural Audio ==

The [https://kutt.it/binaural Binaural Audio project] aims to introduce people to binaural audio. It provides audio samples (including HRTF and SOFA files) within its large [https://airtable.com/shrHEOlBTzftrnVKY/tbloLjoZKWJDnLtTc database].

== Application: Webcam Headtracker ==

The [https://github.com/eac-ufsm/webcam-headtracker Webcam Headtracker Application] by the Federal University of Santa Maria (Brazil) and the ISVR in Southampton is software-based, which means you don't need any special hardware attached to your head, only a webcam video feed, so the model can infer the listener's head orientation and positioning, making it a handy approach to many applications involving spatialized audio.

== Application: Individualized HRTF App ==

The [https://github.com/davircarvalho/Individualized_HRTF_Synthesis/tree/master/Individualized%20HRTF%20App Individualized HRTF App] by the Federal University of Santa Maria (Brazil) is a MATLAB-based app capable of generating HRTFs in SOFA and [https://sourceforge.net/p/hesuvi/wiki/Help/ HeSuVi] WAV formats by providing [https://i.imgur.com/AwnMMyb.png personal measurements of head and ears]. More info about the Individualized HRTF Synthesis project can be found on [https://github.com/davircarvalho/Individualized_HRTF_Synthesis Github].

Software and APIs

2022-04-21T11:40:54Z

Noisternig:

== HDFView: Generic SOFA file viewer ==

SOFA files are based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetCDF netCDF-4]. NetCDF is based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hdf5 HDF5]. [http://www.hdfgroup.org/hdf-java-html/hdfview/ HDFView] is a generic viewer for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hdf5 HDF5] files running in Java.

Thus, SOFA files can be loaded and edited in the HDFView. This is a generic viewer; it allows browsing through all metadata and data in a numeric format only.

== SOFA API for Matlab/Octave ==

SOFA API for Matlab/Octave aims at providing a basic interface for handling SOFA files in Matlab and Octave.

The releases are provided at [https://sourceforge.net/projects/sofacoustics/ Sourceforge]. The sources are stored at [https://github.com/sofacoustics/sofa github]

== SOFA API for C++ ==

An API for C++ is available online. The version 1.0 is in accordance with the AES69-2015 standard.

The sources are stored at [https://github.com/sofacoustics/API_Cpp github].

If you have questions about this API, please send an email to the [mailto:sofacoustics-devel@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list]. You don't have to be a member of the mailing list to send a message to the list moderator.

== pysofaconventions: SOFA API for Python ==

[https://github.com/andresperezlopez/pysofaconventions pysofaconventions] is a SOFA API for Python made by Andrés Pérez-López (UPF/Eurecat, Spain). It is a full implementation of SOFA including reading and writing SOFA files, taking the C++ API as a reference. It supports automatic installation via [https://pypi.org/project/pysofaconventions/ the pip system].

== pySOFA: Lightweight SOFA API for Python (read-only, FIR only) ==

[https://github.com/Jencke/pySOFA pySOFA] is a SOFA API for Python made by Jörg Encke (TUM, Munich). The API is currently read-only and implements the FIR Datatype. It was implemented for a specific project and only implements a limited amount of features. If you have question about this API, feel free to contact [https://github.com/Jencke Jörg Encke] or to submit [https://github.com/Jencke/pySOFA/issues an issue report].

== SOFASonix: Lightweight SOFA API for Python (read/write support, all conventions) ==

[https://github.com/OneBadNinja/SOFASonix SOFASonix] is another lightweight SOFA API for Python made by Ioseb Laghidze (ISVR, Southampton University, UK). It supports both reading and writing of SOFA files for the conventions defined at the time of writing. The API is a full implementation of SOFA with built-in validation-checks for compliance with each convention and a generator of convention templates for quickly creating SOFA files. SOFASonix runs on an SQLite database, making it backwards compatible with previous versions of each convention.

== sofar: Maybe the most complete Python package for the SOFA file format (read/write support) ==

[https://pypi.org/project/sofar/ sofar] is a SOFA API for Python made by Fabian Brinkmann. It supports both reading and writing of SOFA files. The API allows adding custom data & attributes to SOFA files and verifying its content with respect to the data type and shape.

== libmysofa: Lightweight SOFA API in C (reading) ==

[https://github.com/hoene/libmysofa Libmysofa] is a light weight C-library intended to read SOFA files for spatial rendering.

It hardly has any library dependencies and is suitable for embedded devices. It can read SOFA files and check whether the data comply the "SimpleFreeFieldHRIR" conventions. In addition, provides functions to look-up and interpolate the filters for a given orientation and to normalize the HRTFs to a reference level. It compiles unter Linux (CMake) and Windows (Visual Studio 2015).

== WebSofa: SOFA API in JavaScript ==

[https://github.com/CWBudde/WebSofa WebSofa] is slightly based on the libmysofa research for loading HDF files without much dependencies. However, in contrast to the low level c library this library is meant to be executed in a JavaScript environment (such as any modern browser or [https://nodejs.org/en/ Node.js]). So far it is not completed as it's just a hobby project, but it already allows to display properties of a given SOFA file. Try it out in the [https://rawgit.com/CWBudde/WebSofa/master/Demo/www/index.html online demo].

== sofa~: SOFA for [https://cycling74.com Max] ==

[https://github.com/APL-Huddersfield/SOFA-for-Max SOFA for Max] is a collection of objects made by Dale Johnson and Hyunkook Lee ([https://www.hud.ac.uk/apl/resources University of Huddersfield], UK) for using and creating SOFA files in [https://cycling74.com Max]. It is based on libsofa C++ API and enables SOFA files to be utilized in patches designed for spatial audio reproduction. The binaries are available for [ https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3269271 MacOS and Windows].

== Application: IRCAM Spat ==
[http://forumnet.ircam.fr/product/spat-en/ Spat] is a software suite for spatialization of sound signals in real-time intended for musical creation, postproduction, and live performances made by IRCAM. It supports SOFA for binaural rendering.

== Application: SOFAlizer plug-in for VLC player ==

SOFAlizer is a simple demo of an audio engine as a plugin for the [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC-Player].

Currently, Windows binaries of the VLC-Player 2.1 compiled with the SOFAlizer plugin are available. Details on the installation can be found [https://github.com/sofacoustics/SOFAlizer/releases/tag/0.1.0 here].

The source code is available [https://github.com/sofacoustics/SOFAlizer here]. The file [https://github.com/sofacoustics/SOFAlizer/blob/master/modules/audio_filter/sofalizer/sofalizer.c sofalizer.c] can serve as an example of how to load SOFA files in C++.

== Application: DirPat ==

[https://opendata.iem.at/projects/dirpat/ DirPat] is a set of tools aiming at the analysis and visualization of the directivity of acoustic sources like loudspeakers, microphones, singers, talkers, and music instruments. DirPat consists of user interfaces, signal-processing tools, and a database of measured directivities which are handled as SOFA files.

== Application: 3D Tune-In Toolkit ==

[https://github.com/3DTune-In/3dti_AudioToolkit 3D Tune-In Toolkit] is a standard C++ library for audio spatialization via headphones. It was developed within the [http://www.3d-tune-in.eu 3D Tune-In project] aiming at using 3D sound and simulating hearing loss and hearing aids within virtual environments and games.

== Application: Anaglyph VST ==

[http://anaglyph.dalembert.upmc.fr Anaglyph VST] is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Studio_Technology#VST_plugins VST effect plugin] for binaural rendering with SOFA files in a digital-audio workstation. Anaglyph includes a personalizable morphological ITD model, near-field ILD corrections, and HRTF parallax selection, among other features.

== Application: Binaural Audio ==

The [https://kutt.it/binaural Binaural Audio project] aims to introduce people to binaural audio. It provides audio samples (including HRTF and SOFA files) within its large [https://airtable.com/shrHEOlBTzftrnVKY/tbloLjoZKWJDnLtTc database].

== Application: Webcam Headtracker ==

The [https://github.com/eac-ufsm/webcam-headtracker Webcam Headtracker Application] by the Federal University of Santa Maria (Brazil) and the ISVR in Southampton is software-based, which means you don't need any special hardware attached to your head, only a webcam video feed, so the model can infer the listener's head orientation and positioning, making it a handy approach to many applications involving spatialized audio.

== Application: Individualized HRTF App ==

The [https://github.com/davircarvalho/Individualized_HRTF_Synthesis/tree/master/Individualized%20HRTF%20App Individualized HRTF App] by the Federal University of Santa Maria (Brazil) is a MATLAB-based app capable of generating HRTFs in SOFA and [https://sourceforge.net/p/hesuvi/wiki/Help/ HeSuVi] WAV formats by providing [https://i.imgur.com/AwnMMyb.png personal measurements of head and ears]. More info about the Individualized HRTF Synthesis project can be found on [https://github.com/davircarvalho/Individualized_HRTF_Synthesis Github].

Software and APIs

2015-03-24T13:52:48Z

Noisternig:

== API for Matlab/Octave ==

An application-programming interface (API) for Matlab, Octave, and C++ is available online at [https://sourceforge.net/projects/sofacoustics/ Sourceforge].

'''Note:
* The Matlab/Octave APIs (version 0.4.3) have not been updated to the recently published standard AES69-2015. The update to version 1.0 is scheduled for ASAP.
* The latest version of the C++ API (version 1.0) is in accordance with the AES69-2015 standard. '''

If you have questions about this API, please send an email to the [mailto:sofacoustics-devel@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list]. You don't have to be a member of the mailing list to send a message to the list moderator.

== SOFAlizer: Example of loading SOFA files in C++ ==

We have a draft [https://sourceforge.net/p/sofacoustics/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/SOFAlizer source code] for a plug-in called SOFAlizer for the [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC-Player]. This plug-in is not available within the official release of the VLC-Player yet (but we work on that ;-) ).

The file [https://sourceforge.net/p/sofacoustics/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/SOFAlizer/modules/audio_filter/sofalizer.c sofalizer.c] can serve as an example of how to load SOFA files in C++.

== HDF5View ==

SOFA files are based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetCDF netCDF-4]. NetCDF is based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hdf5 HDF5]. [http://www.hdfgroup.org/hdf-java-html/hdfview/ HDFView] is a generic viewer for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hdf5 HDF5] files running in Java.

Thus, SOFA files can be loaded and edited in the HDFView.

Software and APIs

2015-03-24T13:50:54Z

Noisternig:

== API for Matlab/Octave ==

An application-programming interface (API) for Matlab, Octave, and C++ is available online at [https://sourceforge.net/projects/sofacoustics/ Sourceforge].

'''Note: The Matlab/Octave APIs have not been updated to the recently published standard AES69-2015. The update to version 1.0 is scheduled for ASAP. The latest version of the C++ API (version 1.0) is in accordance with the AES69-2015 standard. '''

If you have questions about this API, please send an email to the [mailto:sofacoustics-devel@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list]. You don't have to be a member of the mailing list to send a message to the list moderator.

== SOFAlizer: Example of loading SOFA files in C++ ==

We have a draft [https://sourceforge.net/p/sofacoustics/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/SOFAlizer source code] for a plug-in called SOFAlizer for the [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC-Player]. This plug-in is not available within the official release of the VLC-Player yet (but we work on that ;-) ).

The file [https://sourceforge.net/p/sofacoustics/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/SOFAlizer/modules/audio_filter/sofalizer.c sofalizer.c] can serve as an example of how to load SOFA files in C++.

== HDF5View ==

SOFA files are based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetCDF netCDF-4]. NetCDF is based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hdf5 HDF5]. [http://www.hdfgroup.org/hdf-java-html/hdfview/ HDFView] is a generic viewer for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hdf5 HDF5] files running in Java.

Thus, SOFA files can be loaded and edited in the HDFView.

Software and APIs

2014-09-10T15:40:37Z

Noisternig:

== API for Matlab/Octave ==

An application-programming interface (API) for Matlab, Octave, and C++ is available online at [https://sourceforge.net/projects/sofacoustics/ Sourceforge].

If you have questions about this API, please send an email to the [mailto:sofacoustics-devel@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list]. You don't have to be a member of the mailing list to send a message to the list moderator.

== SOFAlizer: Example of loading SOFA files in C++ ==

We have a draft [https://sourceforge.net/p/sofacoustics/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/SOFAlizer source code] for a plug-in called SOFAlizer for the [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC-Player]. This plug-in is not available within the official release of the VLC-Player yet (but we work on that ;-) ).

The file [https://sourceforge.net/p/sofacoustics/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/SOFAlizer/modules/audio_filter/sofalizer.c sofalizer.c] can serve as an example of how to load SOFA files in C++.

== HDF5View ==

SOFA files are based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetCDF netCDF-4]. NetCDF is based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hdf5 HDF5]. [http://www.hdfgroup.org/hdf-java-html/hdfview/ HDFView] is a generic viewer for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hdf5 HDF5] files running in Java.

Thus, SOFA files can be loaded and edited in the HDFView.

Software and APIs

2014-09-10T15:39:24Z

Noisternig: /* API for Matlab/Octave */

== API for Matlab/Octave ==

An application-programming interface (API) for Matlab, Octave, and C++ is available online at [https://sourceforge.net/projects/sofacoustics/ Sourceforge]. The C++ API is built on top of the C-based netCDF library.

If you have questions about this API, please send an email to the [mailto:sofacoustics-devel@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list]. You don't have to be a member of the mailing list to send a message to the list moderator.

== SOFAlizer: Example of loading SOFA files in C++ ==

We have a draft [https://sourceforge.net/p/sofacoustics/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/SOFAlizer source code] for a plug-in called SOFAlizer for the [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC-Player]. This plug-in is not available within the official release of the VLC-Player yet (but we work on that ;-) ).

The file [https://sourceforge.net/p/sofacoustics/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/SOFAlizer/modules/audio_filter/sofalizer.c sofalizer.c] can serve as an example of how to load SOFA files in C++.

== HDF5View ==

SOFA files are based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetCDF netCDF-4]. NetCDF is based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hdf5 HDF5]. [http://www.hdfgroup.org/hdf-java-html/hdfview/ HDFView] is a generic viewer for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hdf5 HDF5] files running in Java.

Thus, SOFA files can be loaded and edited in the HDFView.

SOFA (Spatially Oriented Format for Acoustics)

2013-06-29T17:40:07Z

Noisternig:

SOFA is a file format for storing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatial_sound spatially] oriented acoustic data like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-related_transfer_function head-related transfer functions (HRTFs]) and binaural or directional room [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impulse_response impulse responses] (BRIRs, DRIRs). This website aims at providing SOFA-relevant information.

* [[General information on SOFA]]
* [[SOFA specifications]]

SOFA conventions are designed for a consistent description of data stored in SOFA. The aim is the exchange of the data between researches and users. For each conventions, data exist from corresponding measurement setups and its description has been accepted by the peer group. Suggestions for new SOFA conventions and additions to existing ones are highly welcome.

* [[SOFA conventions]]

List of repositories with SOFA files containing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-related_transfer_function HRTFs], BRIRs, and DRIRs measured by different researchers.
* [[Files|Files (HRTFs, BRIRs, DRIRs)]]

SOFA files can be read and modified by a variety of software and application-programming interfaces (APIs).

* [[Software]]
* [[APIs]]

SOFA is result of the work of many people from various institutions.
* [[People behind SOFA]]

SOFA has been proposed as a standard of the [http://aes.org Audio Engineering Society (AES)]. The standardization process ([http://www.aes.org/standards/meetings/init-projects/aes-x212-init.cfm X212]) is ongoing now and open for contributions.

The SOFA project got awarded with the Reproducibility in Audio and Music Research Prize 2013 [http://soundsoftware.ac.uk/rr-prize-winner-announcement].

SOFA (Spatially Oriented Format for Acoustics)

2013-06-29T17:39:45Z

Noisternig:

SOFA is a file format for storing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatial_sound spatially] oriented acoustic data like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-related_transfer_function head-related transfer functions (HRTFs]) and binaural or directional room [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impulse_response impulse responses] (BRIRs, DRIRs). This website aims at providing SOFA-relevant information.

* [[General information on SOFA]]
* [[SOFA specifications]]

SOFA conventions are designed for a consistent description of data stored in SOFA. The aim is the exchange of the data between researches and users. For each conventions, data exist from corresponding measurement setups and its description has been accepted by the peer group. Suggestions for new SOFA conventions and additions to existing ones are highly welcome.

* [[SOFA conventions]]

List of repositories with SOFA files containing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-related_transfer_function HRTFs], BRIRs, and DRIRs measured by different researchers.
* [[Files|Files (HRTFs, BRIRs, DRIRs)]]

SOFA files can be read and modified by a variety of software and application-programming interfaces (APIs).

* [[Software]]
* [[APIs]]

SOFA is result of the work of many people from various institutions.
* [[People behind SOFA]]

SOFA has been proposed as a standard of the [http://aes.org Audio Engineering Society (AES)]. The standardization process ([http://www.aes.org/standards/meetings/init-projects/aes-x212-init.cfm X212]) is ongoing now and open for contributions.

The SOFA project got awarded with the Reproducibility in Audio and Music Research Prize [http://soundsoftware.ac.uk/rr-prize-winner-announcement] 2013.

SOFA (Spatially Oriented Format for Acoustics)

2013-06-29T17:38:13Z

Noisternig:

SOFA is a file format for storing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatial_sound spatially] oriented acoustic data like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-related_transfer_function head-related transfer functions (HRTFs]) and binaural or directional room [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impulse_response impulse responses] (BRIRs, DRIRs). This website aims at providing SOFA-relevant information.

* [[General information on SOFA]]
* [[SOFA specifications]]

SOFA conventions are designed for a consistent description of data stored in SOFA. The aim is the exchange of the data between researches and users. For each conventions, data exist from corresponding measurement setups and its description has been accepted by the peer group. Suggestions for new SOFA conventions and additions to existing ones are highly welcome.

* [[SOFA conventions]]

List of repositories with SOFA files containing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-related_transfer_function HRTFs], BRIRs, and DRIRs measured by different researchers.
* [[Files|Files (HRTFs, BRIRs, DRIRs)]]

SOFA files can be read and modified by a variety of software and application-programming interfaces (APIs).

* [[Software]]
* [[APIs]]

SOFA is result of the work of many people from various institutions.
* [[People behind SOFA]]

SOFA has been proposed as a standard of the [http://aes.org Audio Engineering Society (AES)]. The standardization process ([http://www.aes.org/standards/meetings/init-projects/aes-x212-init.cfm X212]) is ongoing now and open for contributions.

The SOFA project got awarded with the Reproducibility in Audio and Music Research Prize [http://soundsoftware.ac.uk/rr-prize-winner-announcement].

People behind SOFA

2013-05-23T14:48:49Z

Noisternig:

* '''[http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=56:di-piotr-majdak&catid=13&Itemid=419 Piotr Majdak]''' ([http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at Acoustics Research Institute], [http://www.oeaw.ac.at/ Austrian Academy of Sciences]): project leader
* '''[http://www.aipa.tu-berlin.de/menue/team/hagen_wierstorf/parameter/en/ Hagen Wierstorf]''' ([http://www.t-labs.tu-berlin.de/ Telekom Innovation Laboratories], [http://www.tu-berlin.de/ Technical University of Berlin]): one of the project initiators, Octave support
* '''[http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=293:mihocic-di-fh-michael&catid=13&Itemid=419 Michael Mihocic]''' ([http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at Acoustics Research Institute], [http://www.oeaw.ac.at/ Austrian Academy of Sciences]): Matlab support, website support
* '''Markus Noisternig''' ([http://www.ircam.fr/ UMR STMS IRCAM-CNRS-UPMC]): specifications, standardization
* '''Thibaut Carpentier''' ([http://www.ircam.fr/ UMR STMS IRCAM-CNRS-UPMC]): C++ support
* '''[http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=665:ziegelwanger-dipl-ing-harald&catid=13&Itemid=419 Harald Ziegelwanger]''' ([http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at Acoustics Research Institute], [http://www.oeaw.ac.at/ Austrian Academy of Sciences]): specifications

SOFA was initiated in January 2012 during the 4th AABBA meeting in Berlin (Blauert, 2009). Since then, many other researches helped by providing feedback and support.

== Acknowledgments ==

* '''Matthieu Parmentier''' ([http://www.francetelevisions.fr/ France Television]): [http://www.aes.org/ AES] standardization
* '''Bruce Olson, AESSC Chair''': [http://www.aes.org/ AES] standardization committee chair
* '''Mark Yonge, AESSC Secretary''': [http://www.aes.org/ AES] standardization committee secretary
* '''Rozenn Nicol''' ([http://laborange.fr/ Orange Labs, France Telecom])
* '''[http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_bios/view/Agnieszka_Roginska Agnieszka Roginska]''' ([http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/ Music Technology, New York University])
* '''[http://www.ais.riec.tohoku.ac.jp/Member/yoh/ Yôiti Suzuki]''' ([http://www.riec.tohoku.ac.jp/index-e.shtml Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University])
* '''Kanji Watanabe''' ([http://www.akita-pu.ac.jp/language/EN/ Faculty of Engineering, Akita Prefectural University])

Also many thanks go to the '''[http://www.aes.org/ AES] standardization team''' for their support.

== Contact ==

If you have questions about SOFA, please send an email to the [mailto:sofacoustics-devel@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list]. You don't have to be a member of the mailing list to send a message to the list moderator.

== References ==
Blauert, J., Braasch, J., Bucholz, J., Colburn, H.S., Jekosch, U., Kohlrausch, A., Mourjopoulos, J., Pulkki, V., Raake, A. (2009) "Aural assessment by means of binaural algorithms - The AABBA project" in proceedings of the International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research (ISSAR), Helsingør, Denmark.

People behind SOFA

2013-05-23T14:48:14Z

Noisternig:

* '''[http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=56:di-piotr-majdak&catid=13&Itemid=419 Piotr Majdak]''' ([http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at Acoustics Research Institute], [http://www.oeaw.ac.at/ Austrian Academy of Sciences]): project leader
* '''[http://www.aipa.tu-berlin.de/menue/team/hagen_wierstorf/parameter/en/ Hagen Wierstorf]''' ([http://www.t-labs.tu-berlin.de/ Telekom Innovation Laboratories], [http://www.tu-berlin.de/ Technical University of Berlin]): one of the project initiators, Octave support
* '''[http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=293:mihocic-di-fh-michael&catid=13&Itemid=419 Michael Mihocic]''' ([http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at Acoustics Research Institute], [http://www.oeaw.ac.at/ Austrian Academy of Sciences]): Matlab support, website support
* '''Markus Noisternig''' ([http://www.ircam.fr/ UMR STMS IRCAM-CNRS-UPMC]): specifications, standardization
* '''Thibaut Carpentier''' ([http://www.ircam.fr/ UMR STMS IRCAM-CNRS-UPMC]): C++ support
* '''[http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=665:ziegelwanger-dipl-ing-harald&catid=13&Itemid=419 Harald Ziegelwanger]''' ([http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at Acoustics Research Institute], [http://www.oeaw.ac.at/ Austrian Academy of Sciences]): specifications

SOFA was initiated in January 2012 during the 4th AABBA meeting in Berlin (Blauert, 2009). Since then, many other researches helped by providing feedback and support.

== Acknowledgments ==

* '''Matthieu Parmentier''' ([http://www.francetelevisions.fr/ France Television]): '''[http://www.aes.org/ AES] standardization'''
* '''Bruce Olson, AESSC Chair''': '''[http://www.aes.org/ AES] standardization committee chair'''
* '''Mark Yonge, AESSC Secretary''': '''[http://www.aes.org/ AES] standardization committee secretary'''
* '''Rozenn Nicol''' ([http://laborange.fr/ Orange Labs, France Telecom])
* '''[http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_bios/view/Agnieszka_Roginska Agnieszka Roginska]''' ([http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/ Music Technology, New York University])
* '''[http://www.ais.riec.tohoku.ac.jp/Member/yoh/ Yôiti Suzuki]''' ([http://www.riec.tohoku.ac.jp/index-e.shtml Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University])
* '''Kanji Watanabe''' ([http://www.akita-pu.ac.jp/language/EN/ Faculty of Engineering, Akita Prefectural University])

Also many thanks go to the '''[http://www.aes.org/ AES] standardization team''' for their support.

== Contact ==

If you have questions about SOFA, please send an email to the [mailto:sofacoustics-devel@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list]. You don't have to be a member of the mailing list to send a message to the list moderator.

== References ==
Blauert, J., Braasch, J., Bucholz, J., Colburn, H.S., Jekosch, U., Kohlrausch, A., Mourjopoulos, J., Pulkki, V., Raake, A. (2009) "Aural assessment by means of binaural algorithms - The AABBA project" in proceedings of the International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research (ISSAR), Helsingør, Denmark.

People behind SOFA

2013-05-23T14:46:39Z

Noisternig:

* '''[http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=56:di-piotr-majdak&catid=13&Itemid=419 Piotr Majdak]''' ([http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at Acoustics Research Institute], [http://www.oeaw.ac.at/ Austrian Academy of Sciences]): project leader
* '''[http://www.aipa.tu-berlin.de/menue/team/hagen_wierstorf/parameter/en/ Hagen Wierstorf]''' ([http://www.t-labs.tu-berlin.de/ Telekom Innovation Laboratories], [http://www.tu-berlin.de/ Technical University of Berlin]): one of the project initiators, Octave support
* '''[http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=293:mihocic-di-fh-michael&catid=13&Itemid=419 Michael Mihocic]''' ([http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at Acoustics Research Institute], [http://www.oeaw.ac.at/ Austrian Academy of Sciences]): Matlab support, website support
* '''Markus Noisternig''' ([http://www.ircam.fr/ UMR STMS IRCAM-CNRS-UPMC]): specifications, standardization
* '''Thibaut Carpentier''' ([http://www.ircam.fr/ UMR STMS IRCAM-CNRS-UPMC]): C++ support
* '''[http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=665:ziegelwanger-dipl-ing-harald&catid=13&Itemid=419 Harald Ziegelwanger]''' ([http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at Acoustics Research Institute], [http://www.oeaw.ac.at/ Austrian Academy of Sciences]): specifications

SOFA was initiated in January 2012 during the 4th AABBA meeting in Berlin (Blauert, 2009). Since then, many other researches helped by providing feedback and support.

== Acknowledgments ==

* '''Matthieu Parmentier''' ([http://www.francetelevisions.fr/ France Television]): '''[http://www.aes.org/ AES] standardization''"
* ""Bruce Olson, AESSC Chair"": '''[http://www.aes.org/ AES] standardization committee chair''"
* ""Mark Yonge, AESSC Secretary"": '''[http://www.aes.org/ AES] standardization committee secretary''"
* '''Rozenn Nicol''' ([http://laborange.fr/ Orange Labs, France Telecom])
* '''[http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_bios/view/Agnieszka_Roginska Agnieszka Roginska]''' ([http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/ Music Technology, New York University])
* '''[http://www.ais.riec.tohoku.ac.jp/Member/yoh/ Yôiti Suzuki]''' ([http://www.riec.tohoku.ac.jp/index-e.shtml Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University])
* '''Kanji Watanabe''' ([http://www.akita-pu.ac.jp/language/EN/ Faculty of Engineering, Akita Prefectural University])

Also many thanks go to the '''[http://www.aes.org/ AES] standardization team''' for their support.

== Contact ==

If you have questions about SOFA, please send an email to the [mailto:sofacoustics-devel@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list]. You don't have to be a member of the mailing list to send a message to the list moderator.

== References ==
Blauert, J., Braasch, J., Bucholz, J., Colburn, H.S., Jekosch, U., Kohlrausch, A., Mourjopoulos, J., Pulkki, V., Raake, A. (2009) "Aural assessment by means of binaural algorithms - The AABBA project" in proceedings of the International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research (ISSAR), Helsingør, Denmark.

People behind SOFA

2013-05-23T14:43:34Z

Noisternig:

* '''[http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=56:di-piotr-majdak&catid=13&Itemid=419 Piotr Majdak]''' ([http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at Acoustics Research Institute], [http://www.oeaw.ac.at/ Austrian Academy of Sciences]): project leader
* '''[http://www.aipa.tu-berlin.de/menue/team/hagen_wierstorf/parameter/en/ Hagen Wierstorf]''' ([http://www.t-labs.tu-berlin.de/ Telekom Innovation Laboratories], [http://www.tu-berlin.de/ Technical University of Berlin]): one of the project initiators, Octave support
* '''[http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=293:mihocic-di-fh-michael&catid=13&Itemid=419 Michael Mihocic]''' ([http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at Acoustics Research Institute], [http://www.oeaw.ac.at/ Austrian Academy of Sciences]): Matlab support, website support
* '''Markus Noisternig''' ([http://www.ircam.fr/ UMR STMS IRCAM-CNRS-UPMC]): specifications, standardization
* '''Thibaut Carpentier''' ([http://www.ircam.fr/ UMR STMS IRCAM-CNRS-UPMC]): C++ support
* '''[http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=665:ziegelwanger-dipl-ing-harald&catid=13&Itemid=419 Harald Ziegelwanger]''' ([http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at Acoustics Research Institute], [http://www.oeaw.ac.at/ Austrian Academy of Sciences]): specifications

SOFA was initiated in January 2012 during the 4th AABBA meeting in Berlin (Blauert, 2009). Since then, many other researches helped by providing feedback and support.

== Acknowledgments ==

* '''Matthieu Parmentier''' ([http://www.francetelevisions.fr/ France Television]): standardization
* '''Rozenn Nicol''' ([http://laborange.fr/ Orange Labs, France Telecom])
* '''[http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_bios/view/Agnieszka_Roginska Agnieszka Roginska]''' ([http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/ Music Technology, New York University])
* '''[http://www.ais.riec.tohoku.ac.jp/Member/yoh/ Yôiti Suzuki]''' ([http://www.riec.tohoku.ac.jp/index-e.shtml Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University])
* '''Kanji Watanabe''' ([http://www.akita-pu.ac.jp/language/EN/ Faculty of Engineering, Akita Prefectural University])

Also many thanks go to the '''[http://www.aes.org/ AES] standardization team''' for their support.

== Contact ==

If you have questions about SOFA, please send an email to the [mailto:sofacoustics-devel@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list]. You don't have to be a member of the mailing list to send a message to the list moderator.

== References ==
Blauert, J., Braasch, J., Bucholz, J., Colburn, H.S., Jekosch, U., Kohlrausch, A., Mourjopoulos, J., Pulkki, V., Raake, A. (2009) "Aural assessment by means of binaural algorithms - The AABBA project" in proceedings of the International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research (ISSAR), Helsingør, Denmark.

People behind SOFA

2013-05-23T14:42:18Z

Noisternig:

* '''[http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=56:di-piotr-majdak&catid=13&Itemid=419 Piotr Majdak]''' ([http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at Acoustics Research Institute], [http://www.oeaw.ac.at/ Austrian Academy of Sciences]): project leader
* '''[http://www.aipa.tu-berlin.de/menue/team/hagen_wierstorf/parameter/en/ Hagen Wierstorf]''' ([http://www.t-labs.tu-berlin.de/ Telekom Innovation Laboratories], [http://www.tu-berlin.de/ Technical University of Berlin]): one of the project initiators, Octave support
* '''[http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=293:mihocic-di-fh-michael&catid=13&Itemid=419 Michael Mihocic]''' ([http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at Acoustics Research Institute], [http://www.oeaw.ac.at/ Austrian Academy of Sciences]): Matlab support, website support
* '''Markus Noisternig''' ([http://www.ircam.fr/ UMR STMS IRCAM-CNRS-UPMC]): specifications, standardization
* '''Matthieu Parmentier''' ([http://www.francetelevisions.fr/ France Television]): standardization
* '''Thibaut Carpentier''' ([http://www.ircam.fr/ UMR STMS IRCAM-CNRS-UPMC]): C++ support
* '''[http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=665:ziegelwanger-dipl-ing-harald&catid=13&Itemid=419 Harald Ziegelwanger]''' ([http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at Acoustics Research Institute], [http://www.oeaw.ac.at/ Austrian Academy of Sciences]): specifications

SOFA was initiated in January 2012 during the 4th AABBA meeting in Berlin (Blauert, 2009). Since then, many other researches helped by providing feedback and support.

== Acknowledgments ==

* '''Rozenn Nicol''' ([http://laborange.fr/ Orange Labs, France Telecom])
* '''[http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_bios/view/Agnieszka_Roginska Agnieszka Roginska]''' ([http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/ Music Technology, New York University])
* '''[http://www.ais.riec.tohoku.ac.jp/Member/yoh/ Yôiti Suzuki]''' ([http://www.riec.tohoku.ac.jp/index-e.shtml Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University])
* '''Kanji Watanabe''' ([http://www.akita-pu.ac.jp/language/EN/ Faculty of Engineering, Akita Prefectural University])

Also many thanks go to the '''[http://www.aes.org/ AES] standardization team''' for their support.

== Contact ==

If you have questions about SOFA, please send an email to the [mailto:sofacoustics-devel@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list]. You don't have to be a member of the mailing list to send a message to the list moderator.

== References ==
Blauert, J., Braasch, J., Bucholz, J., Colburn, H.S., Jekosch, U., Kohlrausch, A., Mourjopoulos, J., Pulkki, V., Raake, A. (2009) "Aural assessment by means of binaural algorithms - The AABBA project" in proceedings of the International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research (ISSAR), Helsingør, Denmark.