Video and Binaural Audio

1. burkek wrote:

I'm listening on AKG K141 studio headphones + Bose QuietComfort 35's.

The Roland binaural earbuds are a simple, budget way to get into "binaural" sound though they leave MUCH to be desired in terms of effect and sound quality. I didn't say to anyone that there is NO binaural effect, but it is comparatively minimal compared to authentic capture devices witch replicate human ears with ear canals and mics placed where our eardrums would be. Authentic binaural sound needs the reflections provided by the shape of the ear, the shape of the ear canal and the density of the material between the left and right "ears".

Hear the astounding difference between a 3dio device (still not ideal) and the Roland solution:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGNGSgxUzX4

Most of the commentors of that "video" preferred the Roland. Fidelity matters too.

Carrying around a dummy head is not practical for almost any video applications that anyone would want to watch, as your posted video clearly exemplifies.

Bose headphones are horrible; no sound professional would use them for gaging audio fidelity. Your AKG is a decent budget headphone, but nobody would use it seriously for professional monitoring. Try Sennheiser 650 and come back with comments about audio.

Comments on all of my Roland-miced videos suggest that viewers were able to discern the advantages of binaural stereo, some even going on to to try it themselves. If you actually were an enthusiast for this type of recording you should be grateful, rather than a grouch pushing a wholly impractical method for videography.

There are other practical in-ear kits, from Sound Professionals, which mount the mics in the ear pinna.