Curt:
Appropriate speaker playback of binaural recordings creates a marvelous 150
degree soundscape that blows conventional stereo out of the water
(conventional stereo is only a 60 degree front arc). However, even the best
binaural and the best playback system (even with headphones) does not
produce a realistic 360 degree soundscape, and signals coming from behind
are usually projected forward.
What I'm trying to describe is a recording and playback system that utilize=
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binaural principles and that will produce an "illusion" that more closely
resembles reality than anything I've heard so far. And it's not that
difficult to pull off. Furthermore, it would leave you with four possible
stereo configurations. You never again have to worry about amazing things
happening behind the mikes, because there is no front or behind . . . or
rather you define the front and behind later on, depending.
Lang
Fascinating thread, guys, keep it up! I generally agree with Bernie's
concept that when we capture natural sounds with microphones and
recording devices, and subsequently play them back in some other
environment, we've altered (and time-shifted) reality to such an extent
that what remains can only be called an illusion. I've also figured, up
until now, that since we have two ears, not 5.1, stereo is sufficient.
But what Lang is trying to describe to us here is making perfect sense
to me. This is the first time ever that I have not dismissed the notion
of "surround sound" with a disrespectful sniff.
Curt Olson
"Microphones are not ears,
Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
Klas Strandberg
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