Re: [Sursound] Hooke: First Bluetooth Binaural Microphone

[Anthony Mattana]

@Lenmoskowitz, thanks so much! 

With so much content being captured on Mobile these days (and subsequently 
being consumed on mobile) having a binaural mic that works direct with a 
smartphone is key. 

My goal is to allow consumers to be creative with sound, I’m a sound designer 
myself here in NYC and am always fighting for sound to be included in the 
conversation. 
I’m convinced this is because most everyone besides us doesn’t have any tools 
at their disposal to understand sound and thusly be creative with it. 

We have dimmers in our homes and auto stabilization on our phones. My 15 year 
old cousin could become very creative with a simple mic gain adjustment and 
binaural recording! I just want the world to care about sound. 


The CS-10EM is by far lower quality than the Hooke Verse. They’re playback 
quality doesn’t even come close to ours. And our recording quality is just as 
good if not better. (hear for yourself: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw8EzI9ygpI 
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw8EzI9ygpI>) With the Roland CS-10EM, the mic 
sits outside of the earlobe and doesn’t utilize the earlobe thoroughly when 
reflecting acoustic pressure waves. With the Rolands, I often feel like I’m 
listening to a stereo mic rather than a binaural mic because of this mic 
placement.

Hooke is a completely different product from 3DSoundlabs. They are utilizing 
spatialization software to convert stereo (and often times mono) audio to a 
proprietary format. Which is great and all, just not what we’re about. Hooke is 
about localization, utilizing the human ear to capture sound identically to the 
way we experience it. And we’re wireless. 

We are currently in talks with software spatialization companies regarding 
adding an algorithm that would allow Hooke to be used as a head tracking audio 
playback option for VR scenarios. And this could be added to your Hooke via a 
OTA software update months after you purchase the headphones :-)

We have a few products coming out soon that I think you will all be very 
excited about!

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Re: [Sursound] Hooke: First Bluetooth Binaural Microphone

[Anthony Mattana]

Hey John!

I’m sorry for the delay. I’m new to this list and have been trying to figure 
out how to respond, I guess just replying to "sursound@music.vt.edu” will 
suffice?

Right now our headsets are set to ship November of this year. I will have our 
first round of manufacturing samples ready this August, but I can’t confirm yet 
whether or not they’ll be ready for a record off. If you’re interested in test 
driving a beta test in August, I’d love to discuss further. Thanks!
Anthony
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Re: [Sursound] Hooke: First Bluetooth Binaural Microphone

[len moskowitz]

Anthony Mattana  wrote:


I apologize if this is not the way to post, but I'm looking for 
feedback on a product I've recently invented HOOKE (www.hookeaudio.com 
)



I like your idea of adding bluetooth to the mix.


Long ago, in the late-60's or early 70's, when cassette Walkmen were 
king, Aiwa offered a low-cost combined stereo headphone/near-ear 
binaural microphone set. 



These days, Roland offers the CS-10EM 
(http://www.rolandus.com/products/cs-10em/) which is the same idea, but 
in-ear and with higher sound quality. Roland probably has the price edge 
over you. Your main edge over them is bluetooth. (Bluetooth comes with 
some negatives too - mainly sound quality.)



We've been offering very well-matched, compact, clip-on/in-ear binaural 
microphones since 1989, ranging in price from $75 to around $1000 per 
pair. I didn't see them mentioned in the video on your web site when you 
covered the binaural competition. We have some competitors (copy-cat and 
otherwise), some at low cost, and they weren't mentioned either.



Your system lacks head tracking, so the folks at 3D Sound Labs 
(http://3dsoundlabs.com/en/) have an edge over you in that feature. But 
they don't have microphones. And while their headtracker uses bluetooth, 
their playback is wired. I think that's probably a feature in their 
case, as they offer better sound quality than bluetooth can offer.



IMO, if you added the hardware for headtracking and an app that could do 
the math for playback, you'd have something very nice. Your retail price 
would probably rise though.





Len Moskowitz (mosko...@core-sound.com)
Core Sound LLC
www.core-sound.com
Home of TetraMic
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Re: [Sursound] Surround & Binaural Mic Shoot-out thing

[umashankar manthravadi]

I have just completed some Brahma microphones using 25 mm capsules and low 
noise fets. I am hoping to do calibration measurements next week. I wish I 
could send one microphone - it can be used with the electronics that go with 
the 14 mm Brahma.Or send the whole kit and caboodle, if I can afford it. would 
be nice to try it out with the others. Nicer still if one could do some very 
quiet nature recordings.
 
umashankar
 
> From: j...@johnleonard.uk
> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:59:16 +0100
> To: sursound@music.vt.edu
> Subject: [Sursound] Surround & Binaural Mic Shoot-out thing
> 
> Well, this could become a thing if enough people are interested: I’ve been 
> researching locations and so far, the leading paid-for contender is the 
> Menuhin Hall at Cobham, in Surrey. Reasonably easy to get to, on-site 
> parking, nice acoustics and an offer of a deal from the manager. I did ask 
> Air Lyndhurst (£3,200 for a ten hour day) and Henry Wood Hall (£1,800 for the 
> same) so both well out the running, but The Menuhin Hall looks affordable, 
> probably less than £1,000 with the use of their piano, less than £600 without 
> and I’ll put up some of the cost if I can find a few other institutions do 
> chip in. I’ll approach the Association of Sound Designers, who will be 
> providing the Neumann Head and the Sennheiser simulated surround thing (I can 
> never remember what it’s called) and the IPS to see if their members are up 
> for it and if they might like to put a few quid into the pot.
> 
> I’m looking at late July, early August at the moment and what would help at 
> this stage, is a better idea of who might like to come, so probably best if 
> it happens off-list for the time being, to avoid clutter. 
> 
> Drop me a note and I’ll take it from there.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John
> 
> Please note new email address & direct line phone number
> email: j...@johnleonard.uk
> phone +44 (0)20 3286 5942
> 
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[Sursound] Surround & Binaural Mic Shoot-out thing

[John Leonard]

Well, this could become a thing if enough people are interested: I’ve been 
researching locations and so far, the leading paid-for contender is the Menuhin 
Hall at Cobham, in Surrey. Reasonably easy to get to, on-site parking, nice 
acoustics and an offer of a deal from the manager. I did ask Air Lyndhurst 
(£3,200 for a ten hour day) and Henry Wood Hall (£1,800 for the same) so both 
well out the running, but The Menuhin Hall looks affordable, probably less than 
£1,000 with the use of their piano, less than £600 without and I’ll put up some 
of the cost if I can find a few other institutions do chip in. I’ll approach 
the Association of Sound Designers, who will be providing the Neumann Head and 
the Sennheiser simulated surround thing (I can never remember what it’s called) 
and the IPS to see if their members are up for it and if they might like to put 
a few quid into the pot.

I’m looking at late July, early August at the moment and what would help at 
this stage, is a better idea of who might like to come, so probably best if it 
happens off-list for the time being, to avoid clutter. 

Drop me a note and I’ll take it from there.

Thanks,

John

Please note new email address & direct line phone number
email: j...@johnleonard.uk
phone +44 (0)20 3286 5942


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Re: [Sursound] Hooke: First Bluetooth Binaural Microphone

[Jon Honeyball]

me too if timing works — can bring ST350 and Sound Devices 788T




On 24/06/2015 00:05, "Sursound on behalf of Emanuele Costantini" 
 wrote:

>Hi John,
>if not busy working I could be interested in joining and I cut bring my 
>own "bluround" technique and a brahma mic into the lot.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Emanuele
>
>On 18/06/2015 18:49, John Leonard wrote:
>> Anthony,
>>
>> I have a set on order (any update on shipping?) and I'm planning a massive 
>> surround and binaural test later in the year, probably July, with Soundfield 
>> ST450, TetraMic, CoreSound DPA4060 Binaural set, DPA 5100, Neumann KU 100 
>> dummy head, Schoeps DMS, Neumann KM184d IRT cross and the new Sennheiser 
>> synthesized surround system. I'll add the Hooke in if it arrives in time. 
>> Should be fun. Anyone want to join in? I just need a lot more decent 
>> pre-amps. (16 channels of Metric Halo ULN-8 available so far.)
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>>> On 18 Jun 2015, at 17:04, Anthony Mattana  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Surround Mailing List!
>>>
>>> I recently joined your list and have been throughly enjoying the 
>>> conversations.
>>>
>>> I apologize if this is not the way to post, but I’m looking for feedback on 
>>> a product I’ve recently invented HOOKE (www.hookeaudio.com 
>>> )
>>>
>>> Hooke are a pair of bluetooth headphones with built in binaural microphones 
>>> that capture what we like to call Mobile 3D Audio.
>>> Hooke is both a playback and a capturing device capable of capturing 
>>> binaural audio on one’s smartphone.
>>>
>>> Is this something you think the list would be interested in?
>>>
>>> Thanks so much!
>>> Anthony Mattana
>>>
>>> Anthony Mattana
>>> Founder, Hooke
>>> www.hookeaudio.com
>>>
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