Subject: applications From: Tim Cox <tcox(at)GEOPHY.CURTIN.EDU.AU> Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 22:46:14 +0800Hello list - my first time participating in list reply so bear with me if I have disregarded any list protocol. I have been thinking about the discussion with regard to killer applications for sonification/binaural recordings. I have noticed that when listening to binaural recordings through earphones I can still hold a normal conversation and still hear clearly the sounds in the environment around me. That is, rather than the recorded sound from the earphones interfering with the insitu sound field, it blends with it. Listening to conventional stereo recordings where the recorded sound is percieved as being inside the head, it is very difficult to hear what is happening around the listener, and if conversing with someone while listening to conventional recordings, the norm is to shout. Binaural recordings eliminate this effect leaving the listener able to hear clearly and to converse normally. No one has mentioned this effect - surely there is an application here for situations where we desire to hear from earphones but at the same time be aware of our audio surroundings, and still be able to converse at a natural level if the need arises. Email to AUDITORY should now be sent to AUDITORY(at)lists.mcgill.ca LISTSERV commands should be sent to listserv(at)lists.mcgill.ca Information is available on the WEB at http://www.mcgill.ca/cc/listserv