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The aim of the Open Acoustic Impulse Response (Open AIR) Library is to provide a centralized, feature rich and future proof on-line resource for anyone interested in auralization and acoustical impulse response data. For example it may be useful for researchers to quickly compare impulse responses recorded using different approaches, for developers of game audio wanting to recreate the acoustic environment of a specific building, or for musical composers looking for a desirable reverberation effect.

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At the focus of this resource there is an online database of acoustical data, which is open to all visitors and is designed to be easy to use. Open AIR users are offered a number of ways by which to interrogate the data, for example using a keyword search, or by searching by location on a graphical map. In order to audition the acoustical data, users of the database are able to listen to each impulse response either directly, or convolved with an example sound, which is automatically generated.