Hi,

Just wondered if you had any more information on the first and third one? I
can only seem to find information for the second on on their website.

Many Thanks

Dan Turner

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> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:20:00 +0000
> From: Dave Malham <dave.mal...@york.ac.uk>
> Subject: [Sursound] how not to advertise binaural
> To: Surround Sound discussion group <sursound@music.vt.edu>
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> 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'
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:09:41 +0000
> From: stevend...@mac.com
> Subject: Re: [Sursound] how not to advertise binaural
> To: Surround Sound discussion group <sursound@music.vt.edu>
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> To me using two different headphones, open-back electrostatics and
> Etymotic in-ear buds, both gave a through the head 1 dimensional sound
> stage. This in spite of the narrative that was clearly intended to steer
> one into believing the sound stage was 3 dimensional. So, din't work for
> me. Thought the whisper in the ear at the end kind of worked. The bag over
> the head effect near the beginning sounded more like having my head under
> running water.
>
> Steve
>
> On 31 Jan 2013, at 17:20, 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
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 11:39:33 +1100
> From: etienne deleflie <edelef...@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Sursound] how not to advertise binaural
> To: Surround Sound discussion group <sursound@music.vt.edu>
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> 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
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> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 11:41:14 +1100
> From: etienne deleflie <edelef...@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Sursound] how not to advertise binaural
> To: Surround Sound discussion group <sursound@music.vt.edu>
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> ah yes, Steve had already made a similar point.
>
> I have to say that the effect is reasonable, to my ears.
>
> Etienne
>
> On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 10:09 AM, <stevend...@mac.com> wrote:
>
> > To me using two different headphones, open-back electrostatics and
> > Etymotic in-ear buds, both gave a through the head 1 dimensional sound
> > stage. This in spite of the narrative that was clearly intended to steer
> > one into believing the sound stage was 3 dimensional. So, din't work for
> > me. Thought the whisper in the ear at the end kind of worked. The bag
> over
> > the head effect near the beginning sounded more like having my head under
> > running water.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > On 31 Jan 2013, at 17:20, 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'
> > > _______________________________________________
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> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 08:59:42 +0000
> From: Pierre Alexandre Tremblay <tremb...@gmail.com>
> Subject: [Sursound] 3 PhD Studentships at the University of
>         Huddersfield,   England
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> Dear all
>
> I think this might interest some of you. Beware that the first of the
> three is limited to AHRC's admissibility criteria, which has something to
> do with being a UK resident - make sure to check the link in the brief.
>
> Good luck to all.
>
> pa
>
> > We have three funded PhD studentships starting in October 2013 at the
> University of Huddersfield, England.
> >
> > 1. AHRC funded studentship of ?13,590 pa + fees (any
> music/performance/technology/ea discipline)
> > 2. Centre for Research in New Music PhD in association with the
> Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival ?5,000 pa + fees + ?750 pa
> research expenses (composer)
> > 3. Centre for Research in New Music PhD in association with Sound and
> Music : British Music Collection Scholarship ?5,000 pa + fees + ?750 pa
> research expenses (composer or musicologist)
> >
> > Further details are on the attached PDF.
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> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 11:34:09 +0000
> From: Peter Lennox <p.len...@derby.ac.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Sursound] how not to advertise binaural
> To: 'Surround Sound discussion group' <sursound@music.vt.edu>
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> 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
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>
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> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 11:41:26 +0000
> From: Miguel Negrao <miguel.negrao-li...@friendlyvirus.org>
> Subject: Re: [Sursound] Maximum number of output channels possible in
>         onesingle pc today ?
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>
> A 25/01/2013, ?s 16:10, Charlie Richmond escreveu:
>
> > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 8:01 AM, John Leonard <j...@johnleonard.co.uk
> >wrote:
> >
> >> If you mean the SunRize Indistries AD512, that was track-count, rather
> >> than outputs, wasn't it? Or was there an add-on? Mine was only two
> channels
> >> in and out.
> >>
> >
> > Ah yes, SunRize Industries...
> >
> > They did come out with two multichannel extenders, although I'm not sure
> if
> > the last one was 16 or 12 channels.  Also, we only saw them in prototype
> > form at their offices in silicon valley so not really sure how much
> market
> > penetration they had.  I remember when they ceased operation and the
> > principal said he was being hired to work as a developer for a database
> > company (Lyris?) making about 10 times as much as he was at SunRize so he
> > could not be persuaded to keep on...
> >
> > Charlie
>
> Very interesting stuff. This page says it was possible to go up to 15
> channels with multiple cards:
> http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showhardware.cgi?HARDID=1292
>
> best,
> Miguel
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:09:52 -0200
> From: Iain Mott <m...@reverberant.com>
> Subject: Re: [Sursound] how not to advertise binaural
> To: sursound@music.vt.edu
> Message-ID: <1359720592.2304.6.camel@espelho>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>
> Here's my binaural haircut from 1999/2000:
>
> http://reverberant.com/cl/video.htm
>
> Iain
>
>
> Em Sex, 2013-02-01 ?s 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
> > >
> >
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> Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:53:45 +0000
> From: Paul Hodges <pwh-surro...@cassland.org>
> Subject: Re: [Sursound] how not to advertise binaural
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> --On 31 January 2013 17:20 +0000 Dave Malham <dave.mal...@york.ac.uk>
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> > 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.
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> Cringe-making for sure; but for me it was the most convincing full
> surround from headphones that I've heard.  In particular I had none of
> the front/back ambiguity that I associate with these things, in spite
> of the fact that there were no verbal clues given for that (just for
> left and right).  I suspect that the acoustic of the room being very
> similar to that of where I'm sitting helped, especially with the
> illusion of distance.
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