Binaural Sparkler

Sony PCM D-50 Recorder using Okm Soundman in ear Omni microphones. You must wear headphones to notice the binaural effect . Recorded with a Sony pcm d-50, soundman microphones and a dummy head i got for £8 on ebay. Imagine your head in the dummies head position, notice the sound travels behind you ?


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[TimpBizkit]

I always find it hard to differentiate between 'In front of you' sound and 'behind you' sound on these videos. It seems like the sound is approaching the front and then skips to the back. I don't know how the brain works out the difference in real life as the phase differences are the same. Maybe it's that sounds in front are crisper?? Maybe it has to do with the shape of the outer ear

[tjvarghese88]

am afraid your mic placement is wrong. hence the phase cancelling and frequency lose and gain due to helix, antihelix, concha, triangular fossa and other part of pinna and acoustic meatus are missing. HRTF rule does require a dummy head , but a torso also otherwise the actual effet of 3d doesnt come it will feel like a bad A B miking technique ..

[AVD743]

Yes - nice.

Up, down, and all round.

Thumbs up!

[wrathvenge]

@TimpBizkit lol, the easiest way to tell, is that the sounds behind you are muffled due to the shape of the ear. in front, it is much crisper and clear.

[TimpBizkit]

@jeeziss I got told by an acoustics professor that because everyone's ears are shaped slightly differently, and heads differ in width, a perfect binaural recording would be personal as the response change that triggers the difference between 'in front' and 'behind' and 'overhead' is tailored to the individual ears and head size. Although you should be able to get fairly good results with a generic ear shape.

[jeeziss]

@TimpBizkit It has a lot to do with the quality of your headphones. Most cheap (<$100) headphones have a terrible sound stage and you won't be able to hear a 3D sound fully "in front" of you - it mostly just sounds like it's on top and then right to the back as you described. A good (albeit expensive) pair of headphones will have a better sound stage and will more accurately portray 3D sound. I use a pair of AudioTechnica AD700 open-can headphones and they are far better than my old Sennheirsers

[BozzmusikAZAD]

@tjvarghese88 That's right.

[MrPlaystationboy]

@joelhoo1 most movie theater have used surround sound since near the end of the 90's

[atsirik]

@TimpBizkit The same happens to me...

[umpalumpa101909]

Put the camera in the head, lol

[DoesntTotallyGetIt]

Why the hell doesn't that bald chick move? That sparkler is right by her face!