binaural sound

[ljadkins]

I've used my MZ-rh910 and in ear binaural Mic's to record some things.

I wish there was a plugin for sonic stage that could give me that sound.

The sound is so spread out even behind you.

Unlike normal music recordings setup for loudspeakers.

A good Binaural recording on my MD just sounds better than my home system.

And I'm using a pair Magnapan's so that's saying something.

Sony if your listening please look into a way for us to get this kind of sound out of our music. Adding this kind of quality sound to your products would be a real Ipod killer.

[Christopher]

The ATRAC codec will actually get some updates this year related to stereo effect in this sense. I discussed this briefly with a few associates during CES and they are interested in creating exactly what you described; it's odd to see this topic now that I think of it, as the coincidence is exact.

[ozpeter]

I can't imagine how you could get meaningful binaural sound out of conventionally recorded sound - the information simply isn't there. Recording binaural sound requires a specific mic technique. You can no more create a stereo file from a mono file (sure, pseudo-stereo, but not one which correctly places the sources in the soundfield).

Using X/Y > MS > X/Y techniques you can widen the soundstage of a 'normal' stereo recording and emphasise out-of-phase components which can add to the headphone listening experience, but that's a very straightforward thing to do. When preparing others' classical recordings for broadcast I frequently find that they've been recorded with such poor stereo mic placement that the result is close to mono - using MS width expansion they magically come alive, and the original placement of the musicians and the sound of the hall is clearly revealed. But that's just a matter of recovering the information that's already there.