Check out the Quasar HERE : bit.ly/3oTOtUL Check out Panic Girl HERE : th-cam.com/users/PanicGirlVids instagram.com/panic.girl.666/ iuwerecords.bandcamp.com/album/memories
Hello, You are changing height degree without panning first (3:50), but our ear system cannot locate when a sounds is on a straight plane at the same distance of each ear (there are other factors that our brain can use though). You will hear more effect if you start with an angle and then change height.
Thank you for that video very well done. With all respect I would like to ask you and listeners what you think about the result of this unit and binaural in general. To make it sure and hopefully without insulting anyone I feel it's really woowoo and doesn't sound like any "real space". I can cleary hear L/R but distance height rear or front in binaural has always been just a fuzzy phase feeling to me. Looking at and image or screen saying "rear" you might think you hear rear. But close your eyes and I challenge anyone to score more then 50% trying to spot those. In a real environment, any single sound occuring around me I can spot it by a matter of few degrees with colsed eyes (to the exception of some steady held sine sounds in a poorly treated room). Now.. true this unit gives a feeling of "spacialisation" that is interesting for any raw mono signal without using a reverb (but some headphone). But it's always between my L&R ears. If my skull or body are not involved (because headphone) everything else is nothing more then freq phase feeling. The better it would get is when sound is "moving" in binaural but the moment I open my eyes to see the source, my brain hurts as it doesn't match what I experience. I'm happy to read your opinions and experiences on this. I could understand I might have an ear problem just like some people are daltonians with colors for exemple. But all medical tests and my professional experience mixing films in 5.1 makes me think i'm fine :p
I think you have a point and I am sure you're fine! I love binaural recordings in general because they capture the full 3D soundscape. I also worked with Quasar a lot and I feel it's a bit artificial compared to binaural recordings of real environments. I noticed a true binaural recording also sounds amazing on speakers (instead of just headphones) because there 's only 'natural phasing' of the outside world. But Quasar is a fun module if you accept it as an effect for your modular instead of a true 3D engine. I had amazing results with a Sennheiser Ambeo headset and an iPhone. I can record anywhere without getting noticed and use the recordings for further processing in the DAW or modular system. Here's an example I made for the community: th-cam.com/video/O2TUx-bTjlo/w-d-xo.html
The ability of your DAC, headphone amp, and headphones to soundstage make a huge difference in whether binaural translates to a sense of realism. You're not going to get realistic soundstaging through playback equipment that can't resolve it. And worth noting that any sound on youtube has lossy data compression. And further worth noting that this video is of non-binaural signals processed digitally to approximate the effect, not of actual binaural source material.
Neuzeit is doing a bit of a disservice here calling this binaural tech. It isn't. It's Ambisonic processing which has significant limitations, as you point out. Binaural recordings capture sound in 3D upon recording whose spatial qualities can't be processed or manipulated after the fact the way Ambisonic recordings can. Regardless the limitations, it's still fun stuff that can be applied in creative ways
@@Fjordjumper I will do another deepdive with Quasar and Planar II when I find the time. Quasar offers plenty of CV control over three parameters per channel. I should be able to do a 3D pan. If this fails, you're right...
Can't wait for the deep dive, CL! I love all your work. Regarding panning, that's certainly doable. I'm only speaking to labelling/nomenclature. Quasar is more or less the hardware version of the Ambisonic VSTs out there (like Sennheiser's Ambeo plug-in) allowing for panning of recorded audio. Binaural audio is entirely different in that the spatial element is baked into the recorded media at time of recording, and isn't editable. Encoding of this type is typically executed with dummy head recorders. I own (and love) both Binaural and Ambisonic microphones and they are very different technologies, both with their strengths and weaknesses.
Check out the Quasar HERE : bit.ly/3oTOtUL
Check out Panic Girl HERE : th-cam.com/users/PanicGirlVids
instagram.com/panic.girl.666/
iuwerecords.bandcamp.com/album/memories
With headphones on, this was definitely producing ASMR responses in my neck and back. Very cool.
Thanks so much for having me!!
Wow what sounds 🪐
Panic girl's music always makes me feel so relaxed.
How ironic.
Beautiful ending. I could float away. :)
That is so kind of you to say, thanks! ^_^
Bi monaural, loving it. Cool modules. Surround style for stereo environment
Ohhhhh I want this module baaaad!!!
Great video !
Thanks Tristan 🙏
Lovely sounds!
Cool demo ❤
Mosquitos n ringtones✌️
Very nice
Hello,
You are changing height degree without panning first (3:50), but our ear system cannot locate when a sounds is on a straight plane at the same distance of each ear (there are other factors that our brain can use though).
You will hear more effect if you start with an angle and then change height.
Excellent! What I see is a kind of rack suitcase I can fill up with modules of my choice? May I ask for the link to this product, please?
Wondering if Acoustimodules have such an effect/tool
Thank you for that video very well done. With all respect I would like to ask you and listeners what you think about the result of this unit and binaural in general. To make it sure and hopefully without insulting anyone I feel it's really woowoo and doesn't sound like any "real space". I can cleary hear L/R but distance height rear or front in binaural has always been just a fuzzy phase feeling to me. Looking at and image or screen saying "rear" you might think you hear rear. But close your eyes and I challenge anyone to score more then 50% trying to spot those. In a real environment, any single sound occuring around me I can spot it by a matter of few degrees with colsed eyes (to the exception of some steady held sine sounds in a poorly treated room). Now.. true this unit gives a feeling of "spacialisation" that is interesting for any raw mono signal without using a reverb (but some headphone). But it's always between my L&R ears. If my skull or body are not involved (because headphone) everything else is nothing more then freq phase feeling. The better it would get is when sound is "moving" in binaural but the moment I open my eyes to see the source, my brain hurts as it doesn't match what I experience. I'm happy to read your opinions and experiences on this. I could understand I might have an ear problem just like some people are daltonians with colors for exemple. But all medical tests and my professional experience mixing films in 5.1 makes me think i'm fine :p
I think you have a point and I am sure you're fine! I love binaural recordings in general because they capture the full 3D soundscape. I also worked with Quasar a lot and I feel it's a bit artificial compared to binaural recordings of real environments. I noticed a true binaural recording also sounds amazing on speakers (instead of just headphones) because there 's only 'natural phasing' of the outside world. But Quasar is a fun module if you accept it as an effect for your modular instead of a true 3D engine. I had amazing results with a Sennheiser Ambeo headset and an iPhone. I can record anywhere without getting noticed and use the recordings for further processing in the DAW or modular system. Here's an example I made for the community: th-cam.com/video/O2TUx-bTjlo/w-d-xo.html
The ability of your DAC, headphone amp, and headphones to soundstage make a huge difference in whether binaural translates to a sense of realism. You're not going to get realistic soundstaging through playback equipment that can't resolve it. And worth noting that any sound on youtube has lossy data compression. And further worth noting that this video is of non-binaural signals processed digitally to approximate the effect, not of actual binaural source material.
Neuzeit is doing a bit of a disservice here calling this binaural tech. It isn't. It's Ambisonic processing which has significant limitations, as you point out. Binaural recordings capture sound in 3D upon recording whose spatial qualities can't be processed or manipulated after the fact the way Ambisonic recordings can. Regardless the limitations, it's still fun stuff that can be applied in creative ways
@@Fjordjumper I will do another deepdive with Quasar and Planar II when I find the time. Quasar offers plenty of CV control over three parameters per channel. I should be able to do a 3D pan. If this fails, you're right...
Can't wait for the deep dive, CL! I love all your work. Regarding panning, that's certainly doable. I'm only speaking to labelling/nomenclature. Quasar is more or less the hardware version of the Ambisonic VSTs out there (like Sennheiser's Ambeo plug-in) allowing for panning of recorded audio.
Binaural audio is entirely different in that the spatial element is baked into the recorded media at time of recording, and isn't editable. Encoding of this type is typically executed with dummy head recorders.
I own (and love) both Binaural and Ambisonic microphones and they are very different technologies, both with their strengths and weaknesses.
Where are the strings and bird sounds coming from? post?
So once a session is recorded, will the binaural “illusion” remain? Or is some other encoding required?
It remains.
Has anyone tried it in combination with Worng soundstage and/or rossum Morpheus? Or is this just redunant?
Thx for the video!
(anything requiring headphones is off my list)