ecphssrw@bob.csun.edu (Stephen Walton) (03/24/89)
[Note I edited both the Newsgroups: and the Followup-To: lines.] In article <580@serene.UUCP>, gbell@pnet12 (Greg Bell) writes: > Ever heard of Holophonics? Pioneered by a company called Zuccarelli >Holophonics. They have a demo cassette tape for $15 that is FASCINATING. On >a good tape deck, with headphones, the effect is amazing. The technique is called binaural sound. The recordings are made by placing small microphones inside a dummy head near the eardrums' location. They can be quite amazing. NPR broadcast a radio drama one or two Haloweens ago which used the technique. The trouble is, it sounds quite strange through speakers, mainly due to the odd frequency balance. -- Stephen Walton, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Cal State Univ. Northridge RCKG01M@CALSTATE.BITNET ecphssrw@afws.csun.edu swalton@solar.stanford.edu ...!csun!afws.csun.edu!ecphssrw