Dread Pirate Roberts I'm fully in support of this technology becoming main stream in music and movies. It'd bring a whole new realm of possibilities for storytelling as well as character acting.
Can you imagine a radio drama where you hear the entire thing from a silent protagonists perspective? It'd be awesome.
fatatty That was what interested me most about the concept was first person radio dramas.
Though the reason I had to submit this is the simulation of being suffocated by an Italian stereotype.
Innocent Bystander How about a first-person horror or crime thriller radio drama where you're in turns the victim, the murderer, the detective and, for some reason, a small dog?
Old_Zircon This technology peaked in the mid 80s, it's not new at all. And yeah, a basic binaural recording rig is pretty simple, although a really well designed one is still a couple thousand dollars.
Samisyosam Basic binaural recordings aren't new. They have a foam head with microphones in it that picks up sound in pretty much the same way as the human ear. It only goes so far, though. The results of simply recording it isn't that interesting. In order to make it sound sharp and realistic, they put it through the "cetera" algorithm and then you get that spatial effect.
The problem is that this algorithm that they use is owned by a company that makes hearing aids. Hearing aids! And because of that, it's a trade secret. They're not going to sell the license to anyone for recording purposes or otherwise. All this stuff you see, especially the 'holophonic' recordings were originally just promotional material created to sell the hearing aids.
fatatty Even if it did peak I don't think it's ever been used to its full potential, because I have yet to find a crime drama where I get to be a dog. But apparently there's a conspiracy against its full potential from the hearing aid people...
I want to be a dog detective dammit!
chumbucket Qsound has been around forever, thanks to Canadians. Roger Waters' Amused To Death (best use of it I've seen). Did Firesign Theater ever use it?
fluffy This has been floating around the Internet for ages. You can make your own pretty easily with a binaural recording rig, which you can put together pretty cheaply.
Frank Rizzo WOW!!! SO ITS LIKE WHEN THE AUDIO ONLY COMES TO YOUR RIGHT SIDE YOU THINK THAT PERSON IS STANDING TO YOUR RIGHT!!!! WOWOWEEWA!!!!!
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