stereo sound

[P3D Wolfie! <werewolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > "The new thing I am trying this year is sound recording of interesting
> > sounds in Greece..."
> > 
> > I certainly hope these recordings are in stereo!
> 
> Jokes aside,  it seems that any one of the surround sound variants
> (discrete multichannel, dolby pro logic, etc) would work very nicely 
> in conjunction with projected 3D visuals.  Anybody try that ?
> 
> Would it be better to have the "rear" speakers be behind the screen so
> the soundfield's depth would match the visual's, or would our ears not
> be able to localize sounds that way?

the sound would be muffled.
I know that happens when our great extra furry alaskan malamute stands
between the speaker and I.
It wouldn't be as bad in some ways, but it's not recomended.
 
> What would be a practical means to make the visual depth match the
> sound-depth for correspondance between the two?  Not necessarily
> perfect matches, but what method might give the best shot at 
> being in the same ballpark?
> 
> Carrying around two sony walkman recorders (for 4-channels) would
> be lighter than a single extra stereo camera!  They're amazingly
> small and light (the sony's :-).  So we're not talking about the 
> impractical!

... and then trying to make the tapes run at the same speed when
you get home [shudder] a nightmare. :P

I have a recording stereo walkman, it's ok but it produces a lot
of hiss and so the really delicate sounds are lost.
A professional reel-to-reel deck is much better, digital is great
but I was advised by a man who lives over here and sells CDs of
the forest that the small digital [digital recording] walkmans
don't record as well as the bigger machines, mainly because the
components are too small to do the job properly.
the best and cheapest way to get good quality recordings is with
a chunky [but not massive] analogue reel-to-reel and two rather
large microphones [sennheiser for example].

all this is off topic but I thought you'd be interested.

Take Care!

Wolfie!
 
BTW: There was a guy in Melbourne [Australia] in the 80s who
was doing weird experiments with sound, the effect was as if
there was a ball of sound which could move around in space.
almost as if you could touch the thing.

I heard this recording [broadcast on FM radio] where this
sound appeared to float out of my left speaker and into the
right. :)

There's also a virtual audio CD called Cyborgasm, which is
really rude [repulsive towards the end, and the end parts
don't have much effect].
anyway, the best part is you seem to be in a room with
wooden floorboards, a woman with high heels is clearly
clomping around and is telling you all the terrible things
that she's about to do to you... she whispers in your ear
and you can almost feel her breath [headphones].
then she lights a match at your ear, and then takes out a big
whip... stands a few feet behind you and starts to whip you
silly.
everyone I've played it to cringes with every crack.

the final track is of someone shaving your hair off, that's
an old effect but it's quite good.

the disc is DDD direct to disc so it's very pure sound...
for digital anyway... ok, let's call it "clean" or hissless
at any rate.



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