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This chapter gives a brief introduction on the motivation of the work on spatial audio reproduction using a sound scene decomposition technique referred to as primary ambient extraction.

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He, J. (2017). Introduction. In: Spatial Audio Reproduction with Primary Ambient Extraction. SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering(). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1551-9_1

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