Not cheap, but the Smyth Research Realizer does do head tracking with any headphones. It also measures your HRTFs and headphone's response. I played with it at Burning Amp this year and it was quite effective at externalizing the sound from headphones.
http://www.smyth-research.com/products.html On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Andy Furniss <adf.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > Matthias Kronlachner wrote: > >> On 12/2/13 6:41 PM, Andy Furniss wrote: >> > > I've been waiting to see if this will appear. >>> >>> http://www.matthiaskronlachner.com/?p=1723 >>> >>> and hoping it will work with - >>> >>> http://www.matthiaskronlachner.com/?p=624 >>> >>> Sorry for keeping you waiting... >> >> If you are on OSX just send me an email and I will send you a link to a >> beta installer. (5th order VST Plug-ins) >> > > NP about the waiting :-) it's good to know that the project is still alive > and thanks for the offer but I am using Linux. > > > Actually my rotation plug-in has OSC integrated (which listens exactly >> to the Kinect head tracking app), but with Reaper you can also route OSC >> messages to control plug-ins. (It's not very nice from the plug-in to >> have it's own communication to the outer world I would say) >> > > Sounds good, being just a home user I am not used to pro audio apps with > plugins etc. Something like this would certainly make me take the plunge. > > > Although I warn you, the Kinect head tracking takes a lot of CPU power >> and the convolutions for the binaural decoder as well (if you choose eg. >> the IEM Cube or Mumuth as virtual venue). My binaural plug-in is very >> uneconomic in this sense. It will simply convolve every loudspeaker >> signal with the related binaural room impulse responses. For the late >> reverberation this is probably an overkill but well, it's straight >> forward... >> The presets with Kemar HRIRs are much more cheap concerning CPU but I >> prefer not to listen in a dead room. >> > > Hmm, I guess I won't know about CPU without testing - though I have a quad > core 3.4Ghz it is getting a bit old now. > > > I recommend using something like this for head tracking which save your >> CPU power for real time audio: >> http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1677559 >> > > Interesting and cheap - not so sure about the magnetometer near speakers. > > > And I am also waiting for headphones with integrated head tracking to >> appear. >> > > Yea, but only if Sennheiser will do it and part exchange my current ones > :-) > > > Hope to be able to post a download link and a link to the source >> repository of the ambix plug-ins soon. >> > > Great, will keep a look out and thanks for this work. > > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20131202/78515745/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
