10.18453/rosdok_id00002568 Winter, Fiete Fiete Winter http://d-nb.info/gnd/1201047706 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9454-4177 Universität Rostock 2019 530 Physics 620 Engineering & allied operations 2019 en http://purl.uni-rostock.de/rosdok/id00002568 urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-rosdok_id00002568-6 This thesis investigates the physical and perceptual properties of selected methods for (Local) Sound Field Synthesis ((L)SFS). In agreement with numerical sound field simulations, a specifically developed geometric model shows an increase of synthesis accuracy for LSFS compared to conventional SFS approaches. Different (L)SFS approaches are assessed within listening experiments, where LSFS performs at least as good as conventional methods for azimuthal sound source localisation and achieves a significant increase of timbral fidelity for distinct parametrisations.