The present disclosure pertains to an apparatus, which has circuitry configured to control a loud-speaker arrangement including at least one virtual loudspeaker and at least one real loudspeaker to generate at least one virtual sound source, wherein the at least one virtual sound source is generated based on contributions of the at least one virtual loudspeaker and the at least one real loudspeaker, and wherein a soundfield modulation function configured to generate an acoustic impression for a user is used to modulate a soundfield emitted by the virtual sound source, such that the acoustic impression is generated at a predetermined position.