
When you listen to binaural recordings using headphones, the result is a natural three-dimensional sound that gives the listener the sensation of being in the space where the audio was recorded as well as the sensation of facing the same direction as the microphone was during the recording. Our brains understand these changes as directional cues. Incoming sound waves are changed by the ear-shaped pinna of the microphone, just like your ears would shape the incoming sound waves. Binaural microphones capture audio the same way your real ears hear sounds. A binaural microphone is a special stereo microphone that contains two prosthetic, human-shaped ears with microphone capsules embedded inside each ear canal. The circumference of our heads, the material of clothing we wear, the distance from the sound source, the shape and composition of materials around us also help form the sounds we hear every day.īinaural recording involves capturing sound using a stereo binaural microphone that is shaped and configured like two human ears.

The shape of our ears and the related HRTF (Head Related Transfer Function) produce a very specific signature for any given sound. The microphones position is either just outside each ear. Every human and animal has a uniquely shaped ear. The binaural recording technique builds on the principle of placing microphones on a humans head. It is intended to provide a complete listening and playback solution for use with Brüel & Kjær’s Sonoscout NVH Recorder.
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The FS Pro II has a DPA omni microphone in each ear and XLR outputs.

One example is the Neumann KU 100 microphone which simulates the average size, density, and shape of a human head. Binaural Headphones Type 4965-B is designed for automotive and vehicle applications. The SP-TFB-2 Sound Professionals In-Ear Binaural microphones are mounted in extremely comfortable super-soft, In-Ear holders that slip right into the ear. Several microphones have been designed with these principles in mind.

It is a word associated with hearing and recording.īinaural hearing is what allows humans and other animals to pinpoint the source location of a sound. These in-ear headphones are bone conducting and enabled for bluetooth. The literal translation of binaural is 'of two ears'.
