Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Binaural recording and problems with Technology

Technical equipment

I made a 'head' out of soft plastic padding. This gives a much clearer binaural effect.

Binaural 'head' connected to Zoom recorder


Side aspect showing the Omni directional Microphone 
shielded from wind noise

Here are some websites of artists who use binaural recording.


http://www.dallassimpson.com/

Dallas Simpson is generally regarded as a leading exponent of Binaural recording in Britain. He specialises in subtle environmental soundscapes

http://openfile.org.uk/stream/tag/binaural-recording

This is a binaural recording of a walk conducted by artist Matt Westbrook and Dallas Simpson for Grand Union in Birmingham.

http://openfile.org.uk/site-non-site/

More about the rationale for the Grand Union walk.