Last Friday 04 February 2005 22:44, davidrclark(a)earthlink.net 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