Jonas Braasch

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Books, Monographs & Recordings

[A.1] Chr. Ahrens, J. Braasch (1999) Zur Geschichte der Konzertsaalorgel in Deutschland [On the History of the Concert-Hall Organ in Germany], Bochinsky, D-Frankfurt am Main (157 pages; The book has been reviewed in: Ars Organi, 47/4, 1999, p. 242f. and Die Musikforschung, 53/1, 2000, p. 117f.).

[A.2] J. Braasch (2002) Auditory Localization and Detection in Multiple-Sound-Source Scenarios, VDI Verlag, Düsseldorf (ISBN 3-18-370710-1, 172 pages, published version of the Dissertation in Engineering).

[A.3] J. Braasch (2004). Orgelregister mit Durchschlagzungen. Geschichte, Konstruktion und akustische Eigenschaften [Organ stops with free reeds. History, construction and acoustical properties], Logos Verlag, Berlin, (ISBN 3-8325-0758-2, 447 pages, published version of the Dissertation in Musicology).

[A.4] J. Braasch (2006) Global reflections, audio compact disk, Deep Listening Publications DL 34-2006, Kingston, NY.

Journal Articles

[B1A.1] J. Braasch, J Blauert (1999). Plazierung der Orgel [Positioning of the organ], in: Zur Geschichte der Konzertsaalorgel in Deutschland [On the History of the Concert-Hall Organ in Germany] (Chr. Ahrens, J. Braasch, eds.), 120–132, Bochinsky, D-Frankfurt am Main.

[B1A.2] J. Braasch, Chr. Ahrens (1999). Akustik des Registers Klarinette [Acoustics of the clarinet stop], in: Zur Geschichte der Konzertsaalorgel in Deutschland [On the History of the Concert-Hall Organ in Germany] (Chr. Ahrens, J. Braasch eds.), 133–146, Bochinsky, D-Frankfurt am Main.

[B1A.3] J. Braasch, Chr. Ahrens (2000). Attack Transients of Free Reed Pipes in Comparison to Striking Reed Pipes and Diapason Pipes, ACUSTICA/acta acustica 86, 662–670.

[B1A.4] J. Braasch, K. Hartung (2002). Localization in the presence of a distracter and reverberation in the frontal horizontal plane. I. Psychoacoustical data, ACUSTICA/acta acustica 88, 942–955.

[B1A.5] J. Braasch (2002). Localization in the presence of a distracter and reverberation in the frontal horizontal plane. II. Model algorithms, ACUSTICA/acta acustica 88, 956–969.

[B1A.6] J. Braasch (2003). Localization in the presence of a distracter and reverberation in the frontal horizontal plane. III. The role of interaural level differences, ACUSTICA/acta acustica 89, 674–692.

[B1A.7] Chr. Ahrens, J. Braasch (2002). Die »japanischen« Register der Klais-Orgel in der Kyoto Concert Hall, Japan [The »Japanese« stops of the Klais organ in the Kyoto Concert Hall], Acta Organologica 27, 147–178.

[B1A.8] J. Braasch, J. Blauert, T. Djelani (2003, invited paper). The precedence effect for noise bursts of different bandwidths. I. Psychoacoustical data, Acoust. Sci. & Tech. (Journal of the Acoustical Society of Japan) 24 (5), 233–241.

[B1A.9] J. Braasch, J. Blauert (2003). The precedence effect for noise bursts of different bandwidths. II. Comparison of model algorithms, Acoust. Sci. & Tech. (Journal of the Acoustical Society of Japan) 24 (5), 293–303.

[B1A.10] J. Braasch (2003). Akustische Untersuchungen an Expressionseinrichtungen in Orgeln [Acoustical investigations on expression devices in organs], in: Vom rechten Thon der Orgeln und anderer Instrumenten, Festschrift Christian Ahrens zum 60. Geburtstag von Prof. Christian Ahrens [On the right sound of organs and other instruments, Festschrift for the 60st birthday of Prof. Christian Ahrens] (B. Abels ed.), Köstritzer Schriften 2, Bad Köstritz 2003, 13-30.

[B1A.11] Chr. Ahrens, J. Braasch (2003). Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein―De uitvinder van de orgelregisters met doorslaande tongen [Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein―the inventor of organ stops with free reeds], Het Orgel, 99/4, 32–36.

[B1A.12] J. Braasch (2005). Modeling of binaural hearing, in: Communication Acoustics (J. Blauert ed.), Springer Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York, 75–108.

[B1A.13] J. Blauert, J. Braasch (2007, in print). Räumliches Hören [Spatial Hearing] in: Taschenbuch der Audiotechnik [Handbook for Audio Engineering] (S. Weinzierl ed.), Springer Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York, 75–108.

Conference Abstracts

[B1B.1] Chr. Ahrens, J. Braasch (1999). The History of Free Reed Organ Stops, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 106, 2288.

[B1B.2] J. Braasch, Chr. Ahrens (1999). Attack Transients of Free Reed Organ Pipes, in ACUSTICA/acta acustica 85, S76.

[B1B.3] J. Braasch, Chr. Ahrens (1999). On the Perception of Free Reed Organ Pipes, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 106, 2287.

[B1B.4] J. Braasch, K. Hartung (1999). Localization of Distracted Sound Sources: Determining the Role of Binaural Cues using Unilaterally Attenuated and Interaurally Uncorrelated Signals, ACUSTICA/acta acustica 85, 225.

[B1B.5] K. Hartung, J. Braasch (1999). Localization of Distracted Speech and Noise in Reverberant and Anechoic Environments, ACUSTICA/acta acustica 85, 223.

[B1B.6] J. Braasch (2000). A Model to Simulate Human Sound Localization and Detection in Presence of a Distracter, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 108, 2597.

[B1B.7] J. Braasch, Chr. Ahrens (2000). The Klais Organ in Kyoto: A Comparison of the Acoustics of the Japanese Organ Stops to the Traditional Japanese Instruments, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 108, 2552.

[B1B.8] J. Braasch (2002). On Weber's theory of a free reed coupled to a resonator, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 111, 2375.

[B1B.9] J. Braasch, Chr. Ahrens (2002). Does the European free reed really originate from Asia?, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 111, 2376.

[B1B.10] J. Braasch (2002). Using a combined localization/detection model to simulate human localization performance near the masked detection threshold level, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 111, 2467.

[B1B.11] J. Braasch (2003). On the scaling of free-reed organ pipes: A comparison of 19th-century theories to modern non-linear models, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 113, 2316.

[B1B.12] J. Braasch (2003). Investigating the precedence effect for noise bursts of different bandwidths, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 113, 2269.

[B1B.13] J. Braasch, W. L. Martens, W. Woszczyk (2004). Low-cost coding of directivity information for the recording of music instruments, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 115, 2450.

[B1B.14] J. Braasch (2004). On the development of German beating-reed organ pipes during the 19th century, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 115, 2566.

[B1B.15] J. Braasch, T. D. Rossing (2004). A comparison of different expression devices in pipe organs, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 116, 2514.

[B1B.16] J. Braasch, W.L. Martens, W. Woszczyk (2005), Modeling auditory localization in the low-frequency range, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 117, 2391.

[B1B.17] J. Braasch (2005). An alternative solution for positioning sound sources in loudspeaker-based virtual environments, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 117, 2391.

B1B.18] B. Abels, J. Braasch (2006) Spectro-temporal analysis of Palauan chants, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 120, 3028.

[B1B.19] J. Braasch (2006) On the evolution of controllers for sound spatialization, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 119, 3439.

[B1B.20] J Braasch, W. Martens, W. Woszczyk (2006) Acoustic rendering of a virtual environment based on virtual microphone control and binaural room scanning, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 120, 3095.

[B1B.21] B. Gibbs, J. Braasch, T., Krueger (2006) Alternatives to the traditional concert-hall experience, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 120, 3149.

[B1B.22] B. Gibbs, J. Braasch, T. Krueger (2006) Intimacy in performance venues: Towards a socioecological methodology, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 119, 2006, 3237.

[B1B.23] N. Peters, J. Braasch, J. (2006) Determining the area of the sweet spot in a surround loudspeaker setup for various microphone techniques, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 120, 3125.

[B1B.24] H. Savitala, J. Braasch (2006) Influence of attack transient and decay times of percussive sounds on the echo threshold, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 120, 3341.

[B1B.25] D. Valente, J. Braasch (2006) A hybrid approach to rendering multichannel audio, using wave-field synthesis and stereophonic techniques, with virtual microphone control, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 119, 3281.

[B1B.26] D. Valente, J. Braasch (2006) Virtual microphone control: A comparison of measured to created impulse responses of various microphone techniques, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 120, 3263.

[B1B.27] M. Schönwiesner, J. Braasch, R.J. Zatorre (2006): Posterior Superior Temporal Sulcus Extracts Reverberation Cues

[B1B.28] P. Calamia, J. Braasch (2007) Acoustical Requirements for Music in Non-Western Worship Spaces, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 121, 2006, p. 3193.

[B1B.29] E. Panzer, J. Braasch (2007) The acoustic intensity and directivity of the modern concert harp was investigated, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 121, 2006, 3061.

Conference Articles

[B2A.1] J. Braasch, K. Hartung (1998). Lokalisation von maskierten Breitbandrauschsignalen in reflexionsarmer und reflexionsfreier Umgebung [Localization of masked broadband-noise signals in anechoic and reverberant environments], in: Fortschr. Akust. DAGA 1998, 500–501, Deutsche Ges. Akust., Ch-Zürich.

[B2A.2] K. Hartung, J. Braasch, S. Sterbing (1999). Comparison of Different Methods for the Interpolation of Head-Related Transfer Functions, AES 16th Int. Conf. on Spatial Sound Reproduction, 319–329.

[B2A.3] J. Braasch, Chr. Ahrens, J.P. Cottingham, T.D. Rossing (2000). Der Einfluss der Becherlänge bei Orgelpfeifen mit Durchschlagzungen [The influence of the resonator length in organ pipes with free reeds], in: Fortschr. Akust. DAGA 2000, 242–243, Deutsche Ges. Akust., D-Oldenburg.

[B2A.4] J. Braasch, G. Canévet (2000). Die Lokalisationsunschärfe in Abhängigkeit des Signal-Störabstandes und dem Signaleinsatzzeitpunkt [The localization blur as a function of the signal-to-noise ratio and the signal onset time], in: Fortschr. Akust. DAGA 2000, 330–331, Deutsche Ges. Akust., D-Oldenburg.

[B2A.5] J. Braasch, K. Hartung (2000). Die Bedeutung von interauralen Zeit- und Pegeldifferenzen bei der Lokalisations-unschärfe [The importance of interaural time and level differences for the localization blur], in: Fortschr. Akust. DAGA 2000, 314–315, Deutsche Ges. Akust., D-Oldenburg.

[B2A.6] J. Braasch, Chr. Ahrens (2001). Die Klais-Orgel in Kyoto und die akustischen Besonderheiten ihrer japanischen Register [The Klais organ in Kyoto and the acoustical characteristics of its Japanese stops], in: Fortschr. Akust. DAGA 2001, 430–431, Deutsche Ges. Akust., D-Hamburg.

[B2A.7] J. Braasch (2001). Ein Lokalisationsmodell zur Simulation des menschlichen Hörens in Mehrschallquellen-Situationen [A localization model to simulate human hearing in multiple-sound-source scenarios], in: Fortschr. Akust. DAGA 2001, 460–461, Deutsche Ges. Akust., D-Hamburg.

[B2A.8] N.M. Leung, J. Braasch, R.H.Y. So (2001). Sound localization performance with head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) of different complexities, in: The 8th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, 2–6 July 2001, Hong Kong, 2475–2480.

[B2A.9] J. Braasch, J. Angster, A. Miklós (2001) The influence of the shallot leather facing on the sound of lingual organ pipes, in: Proceeding of the International Symposium on Musical Acoustics (ISMA, D. Bonsi, D. Gonzalez, D. Stanzial eds.), September 10–14, Perugia, Italia, 325–328.

[B2A.10] J. Braasch (2002). Using a combined localization/detection model to simulate human localization performance near the masked threshold level, in: Fortschr. Akust. DAGA 2002, Deutsche Ges. Akust., D-Bochum, 755–760.

[B2A.11] J. Braasch (2002). Lokalisationsmodelle des binauralen Hörens [Localization models of binaural hearing], in: Fortschr. Akust. DAGA 2002, Deutsche Ges. Akust., D-Bochum, 464–465.

[B2A.12] J. Braasch, S. Schmidt (2002). Physikalische Modellierung von Orgelpfeifen mit Auf- und Durchschlagzungen [Physical modeling of organ pipes with striking reeds and free reeds], in: Fortschr. Akust. DAGA 2002, Deutsche Ges. Akust., D-Bochum, 400–401.

[B2A.13] J. Braasch, G. Klinke (2002). ...That Bane of Indian Music – Das Harmonium in Indien [...That bane of Indian music―the reed organ in India], in: Harmonium und Handharmonika/20. Musikinstrumentenbau-Symposium [Reed Organ and Harmonica/20th Music-Instrument-Building Symposium Michaelstein], Michaelstein, Nov. 19–21, 1999 (M. Lustig ed.), Michaelsteiner Konferenzberichte, 62, D-Michaelstein, 83-100.

[B2A.14] J. Braasch (2002). The role of interaural time and level differences when localizing noise in noise, in: The proceedings of Forum Acusticum, 3rd EAA European Congress on acoustics, Sevilla, Spain, Sept. 16–20, 2002 (A. Calvo-Manzano, A. Pérez-López, J.S. Santiago eds.), CD-rom, ISBN: 84-87985-07-6, PSY-02-005-IP.

[B2A.15] J. Braasch, S. Schmidt (2002). Physical modeling of organ pipes with free reeds and striking reeds, in: The proceedings of Forum Acusticum, 3rd EAA European Congress on acoustics, Sevilla, Spain, Sept. 16–20, 2002 (A. Calvo-Manzano, A. Pérez-López, J.S. Santiago eds.), CD-rom, ISBN: 84-87985-07-6, MUS-06-011.

[B2A.16] N.M. Leung, J. Braasch, R.H.Y. So (2002). Optimizing the cost and performance of non-individualized binaural cues for surround sound simulations, in: The proceedings of Forum Acusticum, 3rd EAA European Congress on acoustics, Sevilla, Spain, Sept. 16–20, 2002 (A. Calvo-Manzano, A. Pérez-López, J.S. Santiago eds.), CD-rom, ISBN: 84-87985-07-6, ELE-Gen-006.

[B2A.17] J. Braasch (2003). Zur Entwicklung der Mensurierung von Orgelregistern mit Durchschlagzungen. Eine Analyse aus heutiger Sicht [On the development of scaling of organ stops with free reeds. An analysis from today’s view], in: Fortschr. Akust. DAGA 2003, Deutsche Ges. Akust., D-Aachen, 520–521.

[B2A.18] J. Braasch (2003). Untersuchung zur Ausprägung der Lokalisationsdominanz in Abhängigkeit der Signalbandbreite [Investigating the degree of localization dominance in dependence of the signal bandwidth], in: Fortschr. Akust. DAGA 2003, Deutsche Ges. Akust., D-Aachen, 618–619.

[B2A.19] S. Schmidt, J. Braasch (2003). Die akustische Kopplung von Resonatorbechern an Aufschlagzungen [The acoustical coupling between resonators and striking reeds], in: Fortschr. Akust. DAGA 2003, Deutsche Ges. Akust., D-Aachen, 526–527.

[B2A.20] W. Hess, J. Braasch, J. Blauert (2003). Evaluierung von Räumen anhand Binauraler Aktivitätsmuster [Evaluation of rooms by means of binaural activity patterns], in: Fortschr. Akust. DAGA 2003, Deutsche Ges. Akust., D-Aachen, 658–659.

[B2A.21] J. Braasch (2003). On the acoustical quality of free-reed organ pipes, in: First ISCA Tutorial and Research Workshop on Auditory Quality of Systems, Akademie Mont-Cenis, Germany, 23–25 April 2003 (U. Jekosch, S. Möller eds.), ISBN 1680-8908, 109–116.

[B2A.22] W. Hess, J. Braasch, J. Blauert (2003). Acoustical evaluation of virtual rooms by means of binaural activity patterns, to be presented at the 115th Convention of the Audio Engineering Society in New York, October 10–13, 2003.

[B2A.23] J. Braasch, S. Schmidt (2004) Expression Devices in Pipe Organs, Proceedings of the
Joint Congress CFA/DAGA'04, March 22-25, 2004, Strasbourg, France, 1232–1233.

[B2A.24] J. Braasch, J. Blauert (2003) Modeling the Precedence Effect for Noise Burst of Different Durations, Proceedings of the Joint Congress CFA/DAGA'04, March 22-25, 2004, Strasbourg, France, 209–210.

[B2A.25] J. Braasch, W.L. Martens, W. Woszczyk (2004). Modeling auditory localization of subwoofer signals in multichannel loudspeaker arrays, Convention of the Audio Eng. Soc. 117, October 2004, Preprint 6228.

[B2A.26]W.L. Martens, J. Braasch, W. Woszczyk (2004). Identification and discrimination of listener envelopment percepts associated with multiple low-frequency signals in multichannel sound reproduction, Convention of the Audio Eng. Soc. 117, October 2004, Preprint 6229.

[B2A.27] J. Braasch (2005), A loudspeaker-based 3D sound projection using Virtual Microphone Control (ViMiC), Convention of the Audio Eng. Soc. 118, May 2005, Preprint 6430.

[B2A.28] W.L. Martens, J. Braasch, T. Ryan (2005): On Spatial Auditory Display Using Multiple Subwoofers in Two Different Reverberant Reproduction Environments, Limerick, Ireland, The 11th Meeting of the international conference on Auditory Display (ICAD), July 6–9, 2005.

[B2A.29] J. Braasch, W. Woszczyk, A “Tonmeister” approach to the positioning of sound sources in a multichannel audio system, in: 2005 IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics (WASPAA 05), Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, New York, October 16–19, 2005.

[B2A.30] J. Braasch, W. Woszczyk, An immersive audio environment with source positioning based on virtual microphone control, 119th AES Convention, Oct. 7–10, 2005, New York, NY, USA, Preprint 6546.

[B2A.31] J. Braasch, A binaural model to predict position and extension of spatial images created with standard sound recording techniques, 119th AES Convention, Oct. 7–10, 2005, New York, NY, USA, Preprint 6610.

[B2A.32] J. Blauert, J. Braasch, (2005). Acoustical communication: the Precedence Effect, Proc. Forum Acusticum Budapest 2005, HU-Budapest.

[B2A.33] J. Braasch (2006) Lokalisation und Detektion in Mehrschallquellensituationen [Localization and detection in Multiple-Sound-Source Scenarios]: 9. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Audiologie (DGA) [9th annual conference of the German Society for Audiology], Cologne, March 8–11, 2006 (7 pages).

[B2A.34] J. Braasch, Synthese, Steuerung und Analyse von räumlich veränderlichen Klangfeldern in der Musik [Synthesis, control, and analysis of dynamic spatial sound fields in music], in: Fortschr. Akust. DAGA 2006, Deutsche Ges. Akust., D-Braunschweig, 9–16.

[B2A.35] J. Braasch, Ein binaurales Modell zur Evaluierung von Stereoaufnahmetechniken [A binaural model to evaluate stereophonic recoding techniques], in: Fortschr. Akust. DAGA 2006, Deutsche Ges. Akust., D-Braunschweig, 93–94.

[B2A.36] J. Braasch, Eine virtuelle Umgebung zur Simulation von mikrophonbasierten stereophonen Aufnahmeverfahren [A virtual environment for the simulation of microphone-based recording techniques], in: Fortschr. Akust. DAGA 2006, Deutsche Ges. Akust., D-Braunschweig, 705–706.

[B2A.37] C. Ahrens, S. Schmidt, J. Braasch (2006). Wie nah sind wir dem Klang von 1755? [How close are we to the sound of 1755?], RUBIN Wissenschaftsmagazin der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 1/2006. [The contents of this paper was reprinted in B1A.12].

[B2A.38] M.T. Marshall, N. Peters, A.R. Jensenius, J. Boissinot, M.M. Wanderley, and J. Braasch. (2006) On the Development of a System for Gesture Control of Spatialization. Proc. of the 2006 International Computer Music Conference (ICMC06), New Orleans, USA, 2006.

[B2A.39] J. Braasch, Cranial Transitions for soprano saxophone and electronic processing, Proceedings of the 13th, International Conference on Auditory Display, Montreal, Canada, June 26–29, 2007.

[B2A.40] J. Braasch, N. Tranby: A sound-source tracking device to track multiple talkers from microphone array,and lavalier microphone data, 19th International Congress on Acoustics, Sept. 2-7, 2007, Madrid, Spain, paper: ELE-03-009 (6 pages).

[B2A.41] Jonas Braasch, Hari V. Savitala, Jens Blauert (2007) Modeling the precedence effect for percussive sounds with different attack transients, 19th International Congress on Acoustics, Sept. 2-7, 2007, Madrid, Spain, paper: ELE-03-009 (6 pages).

[B2A.42] J. Braasch, H. V. Savitala, J. Blauert (2007) Modeling the precedence effect for percussive sounds with different attack transients, 19th International Congress on Acoustics, Sept. 2-7, 2007, Madrid, Spain, paper: PPA-05-001-IP (6 pages)

[B2A.43] D. L. Valente, J. Braasch (2007) A model-based technique for the perceptual optimization of multi-modal musical performances, Convention of the Audio Eng. Soc., October 5-8, 2007, New York

[B2A.44] K. Gentner, J. Braasch, P. Calamia (2007) A Perforated Desk Surface to Diminish Coloration in Desktop Audio-Production Environments, Convention of the Audio Eng. Soc., October 5-8, 2007, New York (in print)

[B2A.45] N. Peters, S. McAdams, J. Braasch (2007) Evaluating Off-Center Sound Degradation in Surround Loudspeaker Setups for Various Multichannel Microphone Techniques, Convention of the Audio Eng. Soc., October 5-8, 2007 (in print)

[B2A.46] J. Braasch, D. Valente, N. Peters (2007) Sharing Acoustic Spaces over Telepresence using Virtual Microphone Control, Convention of the Audio Eng. Soc., October 5-8, 2007, New York (in print)