Hello Eric, Very interesting post. I was a bit intrigued by what you had to say regarding binaural recordings and the lack of sense of space. Reproducing a sense of space is something that has interested me a lot as a sound artist and I've been experimenting with building different types of binaural mics. Here is an example recording I made:
http://soundcloud.com/hcenteno/kids-running-in-the-wychwood-barns If I close my eyes I can really feel the space and the kids running in front of me, and not inside my head, but I wonder how would other people perceive it (I'm very familiar with the space where this was recorded so I wonder if that influences my perception). I've been also experimenting with recordings made with a first order mic decoded to stereo binaural with head tracking and indeed the sense of space works quite well, although I have to say that not as defined as the stereo binaural recordings (which might be a flaw on my process which I'm still refining). Cheers, Hector On 2011-11-30, at 1:30 PM, Eric Carmichel wrote: > Actually, I've never experienced a sense of “open space” when listening to > binaural recordings or simulations from HRTF IRs (including the often-cited > IRs made by Gardner et al at MIT during the 1990s). I own ER-3A insert > phones, Sennheiser HDA 200 audiometric headphones, and my work-horse AKG K240 > studio 'phones--but I've yet to hear a binaural recording that replicates > live sound--practically everything gives the usual "in-the-head" > effect or is lateralized (versus localized). _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
