It is virtually impossible to get 360 degrees (including height) via earphones. Let us assume you use a dummy head mic with pinna. In theory, you now have all the data necessary to reproduce the original sound. But if you use earphones that go in the ear canal then you are listening with somebody elses pinna and the localization will not be realistic. If you move your head the sound will move with you.
If you use circumaural earphones then you have another pinna function and the result is usually internalization, poor localization, plus the sound still moves. If you hum with an open mouth and bring your hands up to your pinna you can hear this internalization effect. There are, of course, some expensive fixes for this like the Smith Realizator (if I have that name right). If you make the recording with the microphones in your own earcanals and play it back via in-the-ear-canal phones then the results are usually quite good except for the motion problem and the fact that you are the only one that can hear this great end result the way you do. Ralph Glasgal www.ambiophonics.org ________________________________ From: Marc Lavallée <[email protected]> To: Surround Sound discussion group <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, March 13, 2011 6:14:11 PM Subject: Re: [Sursound] Anyone seen/heard about this? I don't know if binaural works "well" with XTC; everytime I tried there was no 360 degrees soundstage, like binaural is supposed to provide when listening with heaphones. It was just like stereo, not better not worst. I never had a good listening experience with binaural; maybe it would work with my own recordings made with in-ear binaural microphones? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20110313/4e7468f2/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list [email protected] https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
