Files

Main SOFA repository

The main SOFA repository aims at collect the worldwide available HRTFs, BRIRs, DRIRs, and other SOFA-related data at a single place. It is just in the process of being created: Partial download, metadata access, and database search is not available (yet, we are investigating the possibility of using OPeNDAP for SOFA repositories). Currently, the data can be accessed and downloaded as they are. The following data are available at the moment:

General purpose database:

• HRTFs:
  • ARI HRTFs from the ARI database. In-the-ear HRTFs and DTFs for over 100 listeners. New files with low-frequency content for hi-fi listening experience: "HRTF B" and "DTF B".
  • ARI (BTE) HRTFs from the ARI database. Behind-the-ear HRTFs and DTFs.
  • CIPIC HRTFs from the CIPIC database. 45 listeners, partially antropometric data available.
  • LISTEN HRTFs from the LISTEN project, IRCAM.
  • MIT HRTFs from MIT of the KEMAR dummy head. Reference HRTFs used in many publications.
  • FHK HRTFs from the Fachhochschule Köln of the dummy-head Neumann K100. Gapless data, high spatial resolution provided. (Credit: Benjamin Bernschütz).
  • New: RIEC Far-field HRTFs from the RIEC database of over 100 human listeners. (Credit: Kajni Watanabe, Japan)
  • SCUT Near-field HRTFs from SCUT database of the KEMAR (Radius: 0.2 to 1.0 m). (Credit: Bosun Xie, China)
  • TU-Berlin HRTFs from TU-Berlin of the KEMAR dummy-head. HRTFs for several distances (>0.5 m). (Credit: Hagen Wierstorf)

• DRIRs:
  • Oldenburg DRIRs from Oldenburg. Recordings in an office under several conditions.

Special purpose:

• amt: HRTFs for the various models from the AMToolbox
• sofa_api_mo HRTFs as examples for the SOFA API for Matlab/Octave

Other repositories

This is a list of other repositories providing HRTFs, BRIRs, and DRIRs available as SOFA files.

• ARI free-field HRTF database. HRTFs available for in-the-ear (ITE) and behind-the-ear (BTE) HRTFs. Link: http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at/hrtf
• Example files created by the Matlab/Octave API. Link: http://tinyurl.com/sofaHRTFs
• RIEC database: Database from the Advanced Acoustic Information Systems Laboratory, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Japan. Link: http://www.riec.tohoku.ac.jp/pub/hrtf/index.html