Last Friday 04 February 2005 22:44, davidrclark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx was like: > Hi Tim, > > > Over-the-top reverbs have their uses, however, they do have to be > > pleasing to ear. > > Absolutely. I've created some electronic music tunes and appreciate this > use of reverb. But it's better in my experience to listen to these > over-the-top reverbs (which essentially create a new instrument from an > existing one) in good rooms or alternatively with a good room acoustics > model. OK, I understand the distinction now, thanks for that clarification. > When I refer to "reverb," I'm actually talking about room > acoustics, including reverb. There is also a phenomenon referred to as > binaural listening, which you may have heard of. Not familiar with the subject. > In other posts, I've referred to this as "stereo separation." Many people > familiar with binaural listening, including myself, will tell you that > this is the best "stereo" or "surround sound" that they've ever heard, > bar none. Although in the past, binaural recordings have not been > successful, I suspect this is because at the time it was tried, headphones > were very heavy and rather expensive on top of (not instead of) the cost > of speakers. They may be commercially viable in the future with all > the inexpensive, lightweight headphones around. > > One of the advantages of calculated impulse response functions is that > binaural images are easily obtained from any monophonic recording --- and > as accurately as you want. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, that's given me enough clues for a few useful searches. Slowly, these things are starting to make sense. cheers, tim hall http://glastonburymusic.org.uk
