Re: Spatial sound

["L Tremblay" <ltct@concentric.net>]

>An easy way of simulating this arrangement can be achieved with open-air
>type headphones (walkperson types are good, especially if they have their
>own volume control). If the ear-pieces are placed slightly behind the 
>ears,
>one even gets closer to a 360 degree field. Of course this only works if
the
>speakers and headphones can run at the same time, or if the headphones can
>run from an alternate source (tape deck, CD player, etc.). Adjust 
>headphone
>volume to taste.
>


Another neat trick for recording: get yourself a syrofoam "wig" dummy-head
and place/pin one tiny mic where each ear would be on the dummy-head. Then
send the signal from your deck into the room to be recorded by the dummy.
This technique effectively reproduces the stereo field. (Watch for phase,
though.)

It can be equally effective reproducing an "ambient" speaker set up too!

There was a well-know product in the '80s called 'ringo' based on this
exact concept.

Check it out!

- Larry