Sample Sounds

Our trip to the Dry Tortugas wasn't quite as we planned, but then it didn't go all that well there throughout history either. We had trouble with the surf trying to scuba the reef and it knocked out the fine acoustics of the open air archways and harmed the harmonica recording. Dale Hill had stood still near a rampart to perform the piece that raised hairs as it echoed up a stairway during the formal tour. A professional could have gotten it right and caught the moment. The voices spontaneously bursting into song do add a great impression of the space.

DaleHillatDryTortugas.mp3

If you haven't had the virtual haircut, get it. Terrific production! (Warning: Bag effect can take your breath away.)

Enjoy your trip to the barbershop:

http://www.andy-coates.com/blog/2007/05/06/have-a-virtual-haircut/

and find out more here:

http://www.andy-coates.com/blog/2007/05/18/virtual-haircut-binaural-recording-how-it-was-done/

www.solidsilence.com

Distortion of the topic with this test of perception of distortion? No, research benefits learning...

http://www.klippel.de/aura/default.html

Nothing binaural here, but just an interesting test, on pitch perception and memory:

http://www.jakemandell.com/tonedeaf/

Here's another similar test:

http://www.delosis.com/listening/home.html

From the Quiet American Project:

http://www.google.com/maps/Hoi An, Vietnam

From http://www.quietamerican.org/vacation.html

"Today's vacation comes to us courtesy Sean O'Neill, who writes, 'On a bright spring day, I walk through the main square of the "old town" in Warsaw, Poland, where narrow cobblestone streets and intricately decorated buildings are convincingly reconstructed to replicate the layout of the pre-war city... In the center on the square, alongside restaurant patios and artists' paintings, a man plays a finely-carved wooden crank organ. People walk by, some stop to listen for a minute, and for a small fee some have their picture taken next to him. Recorded on April 2, 2006, using a Sharp MT770 minidisc recorder and binaural microphones."

http://www.quietamerican.org/download/OMV/OMV-08-21-06-Warsaw_CrankOrgan.mp3

Peter Sul writes, "Here is a super binaural recording. It is too special not to share with others. I recorded this at a piano player friend's home. It is a Yamaha Grand Piano."

Type peter sul into the search box top right to see another item with a 3-D picture of Peter's rig.

Play "Moonlight Sonata" recorded by Peter Sul.