This is fantastic! *Headphones required*

  • Thread starter Thread starter MagpieRacer
  • 28 comments
  • 1,301 views
I used my noise canceling headphones for added effect, that was pretty sweet.
 
I can do something like this for you guys if you'd like.
 
backspace
That was incrediably cool. The effect is even better if your in a dark room and you close your eyes.
Click to expand...
👍 That's what I did.

The whisper at the end is very cool, and I can confirm that the razor sound very real - as someone who has their head shaved every few weeks, that is a sound I'm very used to. The only thing missing there was the pressure on my scalp and the vivration. :dopey:
 
My old aureal vortex soundcard had a nifty 3D sound program where you could listen to bees fly around you and such like that...

Anyone got anything you can do custom 3D sounds/music, etc.?

This oddly didn't work as well as I thought it would for my 5.1 surround sound (z5300 logitech)
 
I remeber a song of Pink Floyd having the same effect, it was a song from CD 1 of the album "The Wall", I forgot the song name though...
 
Bram Turismo
I remeber a song of Pink Floyd having the same effect, it was a song from CD 1 of the album "The Wall", I forgot the song name though...
Click to expand...

Could have been 'Empty Spaces' - has some interesting stereo effects, including a 'hidden' message which is Roger Waters' voice played backwards, saying "Congratulations. You've just discovered the secret message. Please send your answer to Old Pink, care of the Funny Farm, Chalfont..."

As for the recording at the top of this thread, it's an example of binaural recording, which has been used in one way or another since 1881 :eek: It's hardly surprising that the brain is fooled into thinking it's 'real' spatial sound, since your ears* are receiving virtually the same input as they would in a 'real' environment, albeit artifically recorded. As for the Italian accents in the hairdresser skit, oh... dear...

edit: spot the deliberate mistake ;) :dunce: (* not eyes)
 
At the end when he was walking around the room sounded so real... It made me jump at the very beginning too, as I thought someone actually closed the door. :lol:
 
Slick Rick
Does anyone have music recorded like this? That would be great!!
Click to expand...

No, because music is produced to be an "up-front" experience... as if the music was on stage.
 
Presumably you could easily simulate spatial sound effects by varying the balance between left and right channels for each instrument when you come to the final mix down of a piece of music? That's all that binaural recording is really doing, reproducing the differential between how each sound is picked up by each ear...
 
That was awesome:tup:, the razor bit was kinda wierd though
 
Touring Mars
Presumably you could easily simulate spatial sound effects by varying the balance between left and right channels for each instrument when you come to the final mix down of a piece of music? That's all that binaural recording is really doing, reproducing the differential between how each sound is picked up by each ear...
Click to expand...

Well, yeah, they could do that, but it wouldn't make much sense. Most musicians are static when they perform, or, in the case of pop stars, their speakers are static even though they move about.

When you're at a concert, you don't move around the source of sound. All of the music is in front of you, and you're always in one general area. Therefore, it is the goal to record the music as you would listen to it live. Positioning is one thing, but the motion-effect is lost when applied to music production, because there is no movement around sound sources and etc.

There are plenty of binaural recordings of "life" though. It's the easiest way to capture motion in sound and usually does the best job of it.
 
I was thinking like classical music where you can hear different instruments in different places.
It wouldn't really work with any other music imo...
 
Slick Rick
I was thinking like classical music where you can hear different instruments in different places.
It wouldn't really work with any other music imo...
Click to expand...

Yeah, but that's just positioning. Like I said, the musicians wouldn't be moving around while playing. Therefore, you lose the sense of motion that makes binaural recording so interesting. There are some classical music recordings with 360 degree positioning, but, again, the main focus for most technicians is to replicate a live on-stage experience.
 
The bag bit was freaky!... I felt slightly out of breath at that moment! Your brain does strange things!

It would be interesting to have music like this maybe the band walking around you and you would hear vocals and guitars come and go past you..

Keane's - Is It any Wonder Video comes to mind, you could be the thing on that rollercoaster track and here the music all around you in 3D!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ukV8DUsmjc&mode=related&search=
 
Holy crap! The sound quality is great (I actually thought someone was talking to me at first)! Plus I'm using some kick-a** ear buds (see my review in the Product Review thread).
 

Similar threads

Nasadus
  • Locked
Virtual Barbershop
Replies
2
Views
477
Bram Turismo
Bram Turismo
oohhh yeah
Do you guys think I damaged my headphones?
Replies
10
Views
870
phillgt2002
phillgt2002
O
Sorry if this is dumb question
Replies
4
Views
963
wheelhp
wheelhp
Monkdapunk
Hey. If you are getting bored. Try this!
Replies
7
Views
2K
Kean_1
Kean_1
J
Help Required Playstation Plus
Replies
13
Views
995
pedrocor
pedrocor

Latest Posts

Back