Applying directionality to audio

A system for rendering audio, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory comprising instructions to direct the actions of the processor, wherein the memory comprises:
• an autoencoder trained decoder to cause the processor to compute a transfer function based on a compressed representation of the transfer function;
• a neural network to cause the processor to select the compressed representation of the transfer function based on an input parameter;
• and
• an audio player to modify an audio signal based on the transfer function and send the modified audio signal to a first speaker.

A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, direct the processor to:

• receive direction information representing a perceived directionality of sound to be added to an audio signal;
• input the direction information to a neural network to generate a compressed representation of a head related transfer function (HRTF);
• input the compressed representation of the HRTF to an autoencoder trained decoder to generate the HRTF;
• and
• modify an audio signal based on the HRTF and send the modified audio signal to a first speaker.