Here's my binaural haircut from 1999/2000: http://reverberant.com/cl/video.htm
Iain Em Sex, 2013-02-01 às 11:34 +0000, Peter Lennox escreveu: > 1983 was the first binaural haircut I heard. It was billed as "Holophonics", > I think, but really it was binaural - I think (glad to be corrected if anyone > knows) > > Dr. Peter Lennox > > School of Technology, > Faculty of Arts, Design and Technology > University of Derby, UK > e: p.len...@derby.ac.uk > t: 01332 593155 > > -----Original Message----- > From: sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu [mailto:sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu] On > Behalf Of etienne deleflie > Sent: 01 February 2013 00:40 > To: Surround Sound discussion group > Subject: Re: [Sursound] how not to advertise binaural > > What's interesting is that the demo is actually totally cheating. It relies > on cognitive cues, perhaps even more than on presenting realistic stimuli. > It does this in two ways: > > Firstly, it extensively uses symbolism, through language, to create > expectations of spatial experience... "now over here on the left ... now on > the right", and "these scissors are very close to your head ...". etc. > > Secondly, it relies on experience-based referential cues. The successful > perception of distance, in the sound of the scissors, can be at least partly > (if not mostly) attributable to the fact that we can only hear scissors if > they are close to our ears. When you hear scissors, you always get an > impression of proximity. > > Begault (2000) makes this point in his text "3D sound for virtual reality and > multimedia" ... and funnily enough, he speaks specifically of 3D demos where > there is "the sound of scissors cutting hair, as if very near your ear." !!! > (Page 29) ... so, as far as binaural demos goes, I'm going to call the sound > of scissors "the oldest trick in the book" (its been around at least 12 > years!) > > The other examples he gives are the sound of lighting a cigarette and > drinking a glass of water. It is also for this reason that any demonstration > that includes whispering, to demonstrate ability to create cues of proximity, > should also be treated as somewhat bogus. > > Alternatively, for the spatial music composer, if the composer would like to > create a sense of proximity in space they dont need to encode sounds using > any particular spatialisation technology, they just need to use the sounds > that we only hear in proximity ... such as whispering, scissors, matches and > drinking a glass of water! > > Actually, to my mind, this very point is one of the big issues with the > strategy of 'mimicking reality' to create realistic perceptions of space. > The cognitive dimension is largely ignored. And so really ... the 'oldest > trick in the book' is perhaps more of a rather sensible strategy. Although > once you try to encode a sound that is not typically heard near the ears, > then you are stuffed. > > Etienne > > > > On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 4:20 AM, Dave Malham <dave.mal...@york.ac.uk> wrote: > > > For a truly cring-making demo of binaural, check out the "Virtual > > Barber Shop" video at > > > > http://www2.electronicproducts.com/Surround_sound_vs_3D_sound-article- > > fand_sound_feb2013-html.aspx > > . > > Can't say it works much better (if at all) than any other I've heard > > in 4 decades in the business. It would also be interesting to know > > what people think of the demo further down the page of the crosstalk > > cancelled stuff that's supposed to work on laptops - it's barely > > perceivable as stereo on my MacBook Pro. > > > > Dave > > > > -- > > As of 1st October 2012, I have retired from the University, so this > > disclaimer is redundant.... > > > > > > These are my own views and may or may not be shared by my employer > > > > Dave Malham > > Ex-Music Research Centre > > Department of Music > > The University of York > > Heslington > > York YO10 5DD > > UK > > > > 'Ambisonics - Component Imaging for Audio' > > _______________________________________________ > > Sursound mailing list > > Sursound@music.vt.edu > > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > > > > > > -- > http://etiennedeleflie.net > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20130201/e78873d7/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > > _____________________________________________________________________ > The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and reserves > the right to monitor email traffic. 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