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2 unusual facts about binaural


Binaural

Binaural recording, a method of recording audio which uses a special microphone arrangement

Sound localization, refers to a listener's ability to identify the location or origin of a detected sound in direction and distance


Balanced audio

If a stereophonic or other binaural signal is plugged into such a jack, one channel (usually the right) will be subtracted from the other (usually the left), leaving an unlistenable L − R (left minus right) signal instead of normal monophonic L + R. Reversing the polarity at any other point in a balanced audio system will also result in this effect at some point when it is later mixed-down with its other channel.

Binaural beats

The sensation of binaural beats is believed to originate in the superior olivary nucleus, a part of the brain stem.

Holophonic

Holophonics, a binaural recording system created by Hugo Zuccarelli

Jens Blauert

His major scientific fields of interest are spatial hearing, binaural technology, aural architecture, perceptual quality, speech technology, virtual environments and tele-presence.

Ruby Vroom

This was in keeping with Tchad Blake's spirit of maverick experimentation, which included sticking a binaural head-shaped microphone in front of Yuval Gabay's drumkit, sticking a mic in a car muffler, called "the Bone" and sticking that in the drum booth as well, and having Doughty improvise wild, yelling ad-libs on "Casiotone Nation", singing into a cheap amplification system called an Ahuja that Blake bought in India.

The Cabinet of Dr. Fritz

The Cabinet of Dr. Fritz was a 1984-85 binaural radio drama series produced by Thomas Lopez and the ZBS Foundation for NPR.


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