At 6:30 PM -0600 2/22/06, Allen Cobb wrote:
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> Binaural recordings produce a far more realistic sense of
>space than simple stereo recordings, because they permit the
>listener's brain to interpret small timing differences (on the
>order of 1-7 milliseconds) in certain frequencies.
Sometimes I feel that this is the case, but I've never listened to a
test. There's one Bruce Bartlett did that's cited in the June 2000
Electronic Musician:
http://psbg.emusician.com/ar/emusic_double_pleasure/index.htm
... using ten different stereo arrays... Bartlett recorded speech
sources at 0 degrees (center), 22.5 degrees (both left and right of
center), and 45 degrees (also left and right). He did the test
recordings twice: once in an anechoic chamber and again in a
reverberant gymnasium. Afterward, he played [..on headphones?
speakers?] the results of each miking technique and asked his
listeners to locate the sound sources' positions in the stereo field.
[missing table graphic]
This table shows the averaged test results (the chamber and the gym
recordings, by the way, were very similar). The upper portion shows
the locations of the sound sources (labeled A through E). The bottom
portion indicates where the listeners perceived them to be.
Anyone have this issue or familiar with the results? Rob D.
>Allen Cobb
>http://timbreproductions.com
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