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Gear / Technical Help => Microphones & Setup => Topic started by: landshark on June 15, 2008, 08:08:13 PM

Title: Check out this freaky thing - eeerie binaural mic, complete with "ears"
Post by: landshark on June 15, 2008, 08:08:13 PM
http://www.kilian-nakamura.com/catalog/binaural-recording-mic-from-otokinoko-p-259.html
Title: Re: Check out this freaky thing - eeerie binaural mic, complete with "ears"
Post by: flipp on June 15, 2008, 08:39:10 PM
mentioned in this thread http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,105491.0.html but nice to see where the pics/description in that other thread are from
Title: Re: Check out this freaky thing - eeerie binaural mic, complete with "ears"
Post by: digifish_music on June 15, 2008, 11:45:15 PM
http://www.kilian-nakamura.com/catalog/binaural-recording-mic-from-otokinoko-p-259.html

The silly thing is that the binaural distance is way too small. This (IMO) is far more important that the simulation of the ear-shape. My own binaural recordings sound just as convincing when the mics were above vs in my ears.

digifish
Title: Re: Check out this freaky thing - eeerie binaural mic, complete with "ears"
Post by: John Willett on June 16, 2008, 11:28:28 AM
http://www.kilian-nakamura.com/catalog/binaural-recording-mic-from-otokinoko-p-259.html

The silly thing is that the binaural distance is way too small.

Great for making recordings for babies, though.  ;D
Title: Re: Check out this freaky thing - eeerie binaural mic, complete with "ears"
Post by: Gutbucket on June 16, 2008, 02:44:04 PM
One ugly baby. Looks more like a wacking stick.
(http://www.japantrendshop.com/pictures/binaural-mic.jpg)
"...The resulting playback in omnidirectional 3D sound is more realistic than normal stereo because of the subtle shifts in feeling." Oh, that explains it.  ::)
Title: Re: Check out this freaky thing - eeerie binaural mic, complete with "ears"
Post by: WiFiJeff on June 17, 2008, 08:43:01 AM
This is cool.  You can stealth it inside your ventriliquist dummy (assuming you are not taping in a venue where people try to chat up your ventriliqust dummy, very annoying that).

Jeff
Title: Re: Check out this freaky thing - eeerie binaural mic, complete with "ears"
Post by: digifish_music on June 18, 2008, 02:08:17 AM
I also just saw it's $3900!

no way! :P
Title: Re: Check out this freaky thing - eeerie binaural mic, complete with "ears"
Post by: boojum on June 18, 2008, 03:22:21 AM
It looks like it was designed by marketing.
Title: Re: Check out this freaky thing - eeerie binaural mic, complete with "ears"
Post by: IanR on June 18, 2008, 10:49:38 AM
Looks good for recording sounds of laughter.
Title: Re: Check out this freaky thing - eeerie binaural mic, complete with "ears"
Post by: marksk on June 18, 2008, 02:03:01 PM
they should put a nose and mustache on it to make it easier to stealth
Title: Re: Check out this freaky thing - eeerie binaural mic, complete with "ears"
Post by: darby on June 18, 2008, 02:30:07 PM
nothing like paying $3900 for a little head

my thought is that a larger head would make it harder to shoot video
since you couldn't really see around it... but who knows?
Title: Re: Check out this freaky thing - eeerie binaural mic, complete with "ears"
Post by: illconditioned on June 18, 2008, 06:19:37 PM
nothing like paying $3900 for a little head

my thought is that a larger head would make it harder to shoot video
since you couldn't really see around it... but who knows?
The obvious solution is for the videographer to wear mics on their own head.

  Richard
Title: Re: Check out this freaky thing - eeerie binaural mic, complete with "ears"
Post by: Jeremy Lykins on June 19, 2008, 05:34:45 PM
The silly thing is that the binaural distance is way too small.

I don't know very much about taping, but I was gonna say the same thing.  It's not the ear shape that's important, but the density and size of the head, right?  Also, whose freaky ears are those things based on?  Every part of those ears are completely abnormal. 
Title: Re: Check out this freaky thing - eeerie binaural mic, complete with "ears"
Post by: H₂O on June 21, 2008, 09:17:02 AM
I wonder if they have a version with Vulcan Hears  :)

Title: Re: Check out this freaky thing - eeerie binaural mic, complete with "ears"
Post by: Gutbucket on June 21, 2008, 12:35:44 PM
(http://phasezero.ca/img/gremlin.jpg)
Title: Re: Check out this freaky thing - eeerie binaural mic, complete with "ears"
Post by: audBall on June 21, 2008, 02:27:00 PM
The obvious solution is for the videographer to wear mics on their own head.

...at 1/10th of the cost or less.  That must be one head y mini connection on the back.