General Information
This data set contains an excerpt of the anechoic recording of the Symphony No. 8
in F Major, Op. 93 by Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by the ”Orchester Wiener
Akademie” conducted by Martin Haselb¨ock. It was recorded in the anechoic chamber
of the TU Berlin. The complete recording (movements 1, 2 and 4, 20 minutes playing
time) is available upon request. Please contact the authors.
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Li-
cense. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/
by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA
94042, USA. You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indi-
cate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any
way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
This documentation focuses on the content of the data set. More information on the
recording and processing can be found in the accompanying article in the proceedings
of the 44th German Annual Conference on Acoustics (DAGA). If you use this data set
please cite:
Christoph B¨ohm and David Ackermann and Stefan Weinzierl (2018): ”Eine mehr-
kanalige und nachhallfreie Aufnahme von Beethovens 8. Sinfonie”. In: Fortschritte
der Akustik - 44. Jahrestagung f¨ur Akustik (DAGA), M¨unchen.
Data base description
The data set is subdivided into four zip files. Three of the files contain the audio data
of one of the three recorded movements. They are subdivided into one folder anechoic
for the anechoic recording and one folder mix with a stereo mixdown of the movement.
The fourth zip file contains the impulse responses of the used filters to equalize the
microphones. For additional information please refer to the article named above. The
complete file structure is shown in Table 1 and 2.
The anechoic audio is provided in 61 single tracks per movement. These anechoic
tracks are ready to be used for auralizations. The mixdown of each movement is done
with an artificial reverb, equalization and panning. This mix is provided to give an
impression of the technical and musical potential of the recording.
The authors would like to thank all participants and especially Martin
Haselb¨ock and the Orchester Wiener Akademie for their patience and
uncomplicated cooperation.
Table 1: File structure: micfilter
Directory Category Microphone File Format
micfilter/ Microphone Compensation Filter KM 120 (1) 01 micfilter.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
micfilter/ Microphone Compensation Filter KM 120 (2) 02 micfilter.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
micfilter/ Microphone Compensation Filter KM 120 (3) 03 micfilter.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
micfilter/ Microphone Compensation Filter KM 120 (4) 04 micfilter.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
micfilter/ Microphone Compensation Filter KM 120 (5) 05 micfilter.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
micfilter/ Microphone Compensation Filter KM 120 (6) 06 micfilter.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
micfilter/ Microphone Compensation Filter KM 184 (7) 07 micfilter.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
micfilter/ Microphone Compensation Filter KM 184 (8) 08 micfilter.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
micfilter/ Microphone Compensation Filter MK8 (9) 09 micfilter.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
micfilter/ Microphone Compensation Filter MK8 (10) 10 micfilter.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
micfilter/ Microphone Compensation Filter MK5 (11) 11 micfilter.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
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Table 2: File structure: movement*
Directory Category Instrument File Format
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Flute 1 01 Fl 1.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Flute 2 02 Fl 2.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Oboe 1 03 Ob 1.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Oboe 2 04 Ob 2.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Clarinet 1 05 Cl 1.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Clarinet 2 06 Cl 2.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Bassoon 1 07 Bn 1.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Bassoon 2 08 Bn 2.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Horn 1 09 Hrn 1.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Horn 2 10 Hrn 2.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Trumpet 1 11 Trp 1.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Trumpet 2 12 Trp 2.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Timpani 13 Tp.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violin 1.1 14 Vl 1 1 1.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violin 1.1 15 Vl 1 1 2.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violin 1.1 16 Vl 1 1 3.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violin 1.1 17 Vl 1 1 4.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violin 1.1 18 Vl 1 1 5.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violin 1.1 19 Vl 1 1 6.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violin 1.1 20 Vl 1 1 7.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violin 1.2 21 Vl 1 2 1.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violin 1.2 22 Vl 1 2 2.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violin 1.2 23 Vl 1 2 3.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violin 1.2 24 Vl 1 2 4.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violin 1.2 25 Vl 1 2 5.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violin 1.2 26 Vl 1 2 6.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violin 1.2 27 Vl 1 2 7.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violin 2.1 28 Vl 2 1 1.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violin 2.1 29 Vl 2 1 2.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violin 2.1 30 Vl 2 1 3.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violin 2.1 31 Vl 2 1 4.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violin 2.1 32 Vl 2 1 5.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violin 2.1 33 Vl 2 1 6.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violin 2.2 34 Vl 2 2 1.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violin 2.2 35 Vl 2 2 2.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violin 2.2 36 Vl 2 2 3.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violin 2.2 37 Vl 2 2 4.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violin 2.2 38 Vl 2 2 5.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Viola 1 39 Vla 1 1.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Viola 1 40 Vla 1 2.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Viola 1 41 Vla 1 3.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Viola 1 42 Vla 1 4.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Viola 1 43 Vla 1 5.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Viola 1 44 Vla 1 6.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Viola 2 45 Vla 2 1.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Viola 2 46 Vla 2 2.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Viola 2 47 Vla 2 3.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Viola 2 48 Vla 2 4.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Viola 2 49 Vla 2 5.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violoncello 50 Vc 1.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violoncello 51 Vc 2.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violoncello 52 Vc 3.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violoncello 53 Vc 4.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violoncello 54 Vc 5.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Violoncello 55 Vc 6.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Double Bass 56 Db 1.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Double Bass 57 Db 2.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Double Bass 58 Db 3.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Double Bass 59 Db 4.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Double Bass 60 Db 5.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/anechoic/ Audio Double Bass 61 Db 6.wav WAV, Mono, 32 Bit float, 48 kHz
movement*/mix/ Audio all movement1 mix.wav WAV, Stereo, 24 Bit PCM, 48 kHz
movement*/mix/ Audio all movement2 mix.wav WAV, Stereo, 24 Bit PCM, 48 kHz
movement*/mix/ Audio all movement4 mix.wav WAV, Stereo, 24 Bit PCM, 48 kHz
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Credits
Orchestra
Orchester Wiener Akademie
Conductor
Martin Haselb¨ock
Recording Producer
Prof. Dr. Stefan Weinzierl
Recording Engineer
Ruben Ferdinand
Digital Editing
Balthasar Effmert
Recording Assistants
Cl´emence Fabre, Philipp Reif, Hannes Helmolz,
Dmitry Grigoriev
Planning and Production
David Ackermann, Christoph B¨ohm
Musicians
Violin 1: Ilia Korol
Violin 1: Irma Niskanen
Violin 2: David Drabek
Violin 2: Anna-Maria Smerd
Viola: Pablo de Pedro Cano
Viola: Wolfram Fortin
Violoncello: Philipp Comploi
Double Bass: Walter Bachk¨onig
Flute 1: Verena Fischer
Flute 2: Charles Brink
Oboe 1: Shai Kribus
Oboe 2: Sebastian Frese
Clarinet 1: Peter Rabl
Clarinet 2: Christian K¨oll
Bassoon 1: Takako Kunugi
Bassoon 2: Laszlo Feriencsik
Horn 1: Hermann Ebner
Horn 2: Ferenc Varga
Trumpet 1: Sigfried Koch
Trumpet 2: Stefan Ennemoser
Timpani: Paul Bramboeck
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