a human head?

[BrettB]

hi guys

I saw something pretty ridiculous this week: a guy tried to record a classical orchestra wit a head of a dummy on a mic stand, with two piezos on the head. The jacks were at the bottom of the head so it seems that people take this system seriously.

Has anybody seen this kinda thing before? Maybe I'm prejudice because I really hated the guy who did the recording (an old man who was really not friendly and gave a very arrogant impression) or is this a bit over the top?

 

[jrosenstein]

that's called binaural recording ... makes for killer listening on headphones

 

[sjjohnston]

That's not unusual. It's not new either. It's probably more commonly used for classical or jazz, where the goal is to capture an accurate recording of a performance that actually happened, rather than to piece together a recording out of multiple takes and overdubs.

http://www.neumannusa.com/pages/products/micProduct.asp?microphone=KU100
http://www.binaural.com/binfaq.html#anchor708800

You might look for info on Pearl Jam's "Bianaural" record too.

 

[jslator]

Has anybody seen this kinda thing before?

Yep.

Check this out:

http://www.neumann.com/infopool/mics/produkte.php?ProdID=ku100

 

[Slackmaster2K]

It's been used for nature recording a lot as well. Produces amazingly realistic stereo results!

Of course it adds one level of difficulty...now you not only have to choose your mics, but your head

Slackmaster 2000

 

[BrettB]

Ok, thx for the links. Pardon my ignorance, didn't kow it was a well known method.

 

[pundit]

hi guys

I saw something pretty ridiculous this week: a guy tried to record a classical orchestra wit a head of a dummy on a mic stand, with two piezos on the head....

They wouldn't be piezo elements... they'd most likely be small high quality electret capsules implanted in the side of the dummy head.

A number of companies produce binuaral dummy heads.

A well made binuaral recording played back through a good set of headphones can give you the impression of being 'right there'.

 

[ozraves]

who was the gentleman on here who used to post up his binaural recordings where he'd walk around with mic capsules in his ears? those were great.

steve
www.piemusic.com