myHRTF Personalized Filters are loaded into media players, EQ software and plugins for realtime filtering of music, movie and gaming sound in order to simulate flawless sound reproduction as can be experienced in premium recording studios. They contain various virtual acoustic spaces, speaker distances and -angles plus crosstalk-free filters. In addition, zero latency filters are provided for movies, tv and gaming.
Room Acoustics and Speaker Distances
- Medium sized control room, 1 m distance- Large mastering studio, 3 m distance
- Recital hall
- Concert hall
Supported Speaker Angles
- Standard 60° for the most solid phantom center- Wide 90° for a wider soundstage and more immersion
Crosstalk Cancellation
Perfect crosstalk-free sound reproduction by mouse click
Supported Speaker Setups
- Stereo
- Standard surround 5.1 and 7.1 plus 2+2+2 by MDG (surround option)
- Special 7.1 setup with side speakers at 60° and rear speakers at 135° (surround option)
- Dolby Atmos up to 9.1.6 (immersive option)
- Supports height speakers at 45° and 30° for Dolby Atmos (immersive option)
- AURO 3D up to 12.1 (immersive option)
Software Specific Filter Sets
In principle, myHRTF Personalized Filters are compatible with virtually all software applications that support convolution. For ease of use, specific filter sets and configuration files are provided for the following products:
- Media players: foobar2000, HQ Player, JRiver MC and roon
- EQ software: Equalizer APO, Hang Loose Convolver
- Plugins: X-MCFX, SPARTA Binauraliser
Headtracking
myHRTF Personalized SOFA file for plugins that support headtracking in combination with suitable headtrackers (immersive option).
Specifications
Frequency range: 10 Hz to 22 kHz
Sampling rates: 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4 and 192 kHz
File format: standard 32 bit float .wav files, SOFA file as option
Filter latency: approx. 50 ms (music filters), zero (latency-free filters)
Virtual speakers:
- Equalized to 10 Hz (-3 dB)
- Virtually free from resonances and stored energy
- Perfectly constant directivity in line with Olive and Toole
- Fullrange point source
- Negligible distortion
Virtual acoustics:
- Perfect room acoustics without any early or strong reflection
- Absolutely free from resonances and flutter echos
- Reflection-free zone: all reflections within the first 20 ms remain more than 20 dB below the direct sound
- Reverberation time RT60 (approx.): xxx ms (control room), xxx ms (mastering studio), x s (concert hall), x s (cathedral)
- Localization parameter LOC (approx.): 7 dB (control room), 5 dB (mastering studio, recital and concert hall), in line with Griesinger
- Room target curve in line with Olive and Toole
- Beneficial lateral reflections after 20 ms
- Perfectly diffuse reverberation