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	Binaural recording - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Binaural recording is a method of recording audio which uses a special microphone arrangement.
		The term "binaural" has often been confused as a synonym for the word "stereo", and this is partially due to a large amount of misuse in the mid-1950s by the recording industry, as a marketing buzzword.
		Binaural recordings that are intended to be played back through standard headphones should therefore be recorded with (omnidirectional) microphones outside the ears, approximately at the location where the headphone loudspeaker will be sitting.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Binaural_recording (1054 words)

	Acoustic Brainwave Entrainment with Binaural Beats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The binaural beat is perceived as a fluctuating rhythm at the frequency of the difference between the two auditory inputs.
		Binaural beats in the delta (1 to 4 Hz) and theta (4 to 8 Hz) ranges have been associated with reports of relaxed, meditative, and creative states (Hiew, 1995), and used as an aid to falling asleep.
		Binaural beats in the alpha frequencies (8 to 12 Hz) have increased alpha brain waves (Foster, 1990) and binaural beats in the beta frequencies (typically 16 to 24 Hz) have been associated with reports of increased concentration or alertness (Monroe, 1985) and improved memory (Kennerly, 1994).
	neuroacoustic.org /articles/articlebinaural.htm (2278 words)

	Binaural beats - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Binaural beats or binaural tones are low-frequency pulsations in the perceived loudness of a sound when two tones at slightly different frequencies are played separately, one into each of the subject's ears, using binaural headphones.
		The sensation of binaural beats is believed to originate in the superior olivary nucleus, a part of the brainstem.
		It should be made clear that binaural beats are not magic: just passively listening to binaural beats does not necessarily alter your state of consciousness.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Binaural_beats (1014 words)

	Inducing Altered States of Consciousness with binaural beat audio for altered states of consciousness mind altering ...
		The sensory-stimulus known as binaural beating can be effective in inducing altered states of consciousness when used in conjunction with a multidimensional process of social-psychological conditioning and education.
		Binaural beats in the delta (1 to 4 Hz) and theta (4 to 8 Hz) ranges have been associated with reports of relaxed, meditative, and creative states (Hiew 1995), sensory integration (Morris 1990), and used as an aid to falling asleep (Wilson 1990; Rhodes 1993).
		The effectiveness of binaural beats in engendering state changes is supported by the consistent reports of thousands of users, as well as the documentation of physiological changes associated with its use.
	brain.web-us.com /inducing.htm (1923 words)

	Binaural recording - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Binaural is a method of recording audio which uses a special microphone arrangement.
		The term has often been confused as a synonym for the word "stereo", and this is partially due to a large amount of misuse in the mid 1950s by the recording industry, as a marketing buzzword.
		Typical stereo recordings are mixed for loud speaker arrangements, and do not factor in natural crossfeed or sonic shaping of the head and ear, since these things happen naturally as you listen.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /binaural_recording.htm (1028 words)

	Binaural Sound Technology for Expanded Awareness
		The sensation of binaural beats occurs when two coherent sounds of nearly similar frequencies or phase relationships are presented, one to each ear and the brain detects phase or frequency differences between the sounds.
		The binaural beat resulting in the brain is the phase or frequency difference between the two sounds.
		Because the binaural beat is the result of the phase or frequency relationship of the two sounds, the binaural effect is produced regardless of the relative amplitudes of the tones.
	www.skyhero.com /binaural.htm (2552 words)

	TMI Research: Alpha-Frequency Binaural-Beat Stimulation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Although the existence of the phenomenon of binaural beats is well documented (Oster, 1973), the application of binaural-beat stimulation as a consciousness management technique has as yet received little attention except among a small population of researchers (Atwater, 1988; Hutchison, 1986; Monroe, 1982).
		This third, binaural beat is actually the result of the interaction of the two primary tones within the auditory brainstem.
		The alpha-frequency binaural beats were created by presenting two pure tones, one to each ear, through a set of headphones, which differed in frequency by 10.5 Hz.
	www.monroeinstitute.org /research/alpha-binaural-beat.html (11902 words)

	HeadWize - Article: Taking Sound In Another Direction by John Sunier
		The binaural experience places the listener sonically where the sounds on the recording or broadcast originated, and requires no special equipment of any sort other than the binaural source and a pair of stereo headphones.
		Of course, the full binaural effect is not present in speaker playback except with expensive specialized cross-cancellation electronics; which also force you to sit in a narrow "sweet spot" without the freedom of movement that headphones allow.
		The inventor said of his binaural patent, "This double listening to sound produces the same effects on the ear that the stereoscope produces on the eye." He set up a series of carbon telephone mikes in pairs (about 7 inches apart) along the edge of the stage of the Paris Opera.
	headwize.com /articles/sunier2_art.htm (2203 words)

	Binaural (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		I started to use binaural recording - placing microphones where the ears would be on a dummy head - some 15 years ago.
		Many of my binaural recordings have been made using a polystyrene wig stand, begged from a local hairdresser, in conjunction with two tie-clip omni-directional microphones from RS components.
		He has a web site at www.skeetmusic.com,which has further details of binaural recording, sound samples, and the opportunity to purchase his recordings, or arrange for him to make recordings for you.
	www.weldon-northants.fsnet.co.uk /binaural_1.htm (525 words)

	The Binaural Source FAQ Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Binaural carries out a roughly similar operation, recording music and sounds with two tiny omnidirectional mikes at the entrance to the ear canals on an artificial head replicating human features (with the ears about 6 to 8 inches apart).
		All modern binaural recordings are compatible for loudspeaker playback, but unless you turn the speakers in and sit between them, you will lose most of the pin-point localization.
		Most binaural recording today is done with an artificial or "dummy" head replicating the human head not only in average dimensions and details but also in approximate hardness and softness of skin and bone.
	www.binaural.com /binfaq.html (3504 words)

	Binaural Sound (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The brain takes the two very similar but also slightly different signals, whether they be optic nerve impulses or impulses from the inner ear, and processes them instantly to give us the depth of image or depth of sound.
		Listening to binaurally recorded material can make one aware of just how specific our hearing can be.
		We have some sense of spatial location when listening to well-done stereo recording through properly set-up speakers, but this is only a pale imitation of binaural, which allows one to locate sounds not only horizontally, but also vertically-actually 360 degrees in every direction.
	users.cwnet.com /kant/binaural.htm (296 words)

	My Binaural Recordings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		I had heard some binaural recordings before and was fairly impressed, only after seeing and more importantly hearing the great site www.quietamerican.com did I start to realise just how cool these binaural recordings can be..
		As a listener to binaural recordings you get the chance to be somewhere else for as long as you listen...
		Binaural recordings are made in such a way as to try and capture the way sounds are actually heard...
	binaural.jimtreats.com (4716 words)

	Monroe Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The sensation of auditory binaural beats occurs when two coherent sounds of nearly similar frequencies are presented one to each ear with stereo headphones or speakers.
		Binaural beats originate in the brainstem's superior olivary nucleus, the site of contralateral integration of auditory input.
		The binaural beat is neurologically conveyed to the reticular formation which uses neurotransmitters to initiate changes in brain-wave activity.
	www.monroeinstitute.org /programs/binaural.html (234 words)

	Head-Fi (Headphone Hi-Fi and Portable Audio) - Binaural for Headphones: Your thoughts and votes please (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A true binaural recording does not require any special equipment for playback (other than headphones), and should sound significantly better than any processing technique is capable of.
		A live concert recorded in one take using binaural mics would be scary good but move your head and the stage position goes with the movement.
		Those aren't binaural technologies at all, they are proprietary algorithms which do (at least SRS Wow and Dolby headphone do) nothing more than add "room" like reverberation to the sound.
	www.head-fi.org /forums/printthread.php?t=94490 (2486 words)

	Core Sound Binaural Microphones (tm)
		I have convinced 10 or 11 fellow music educators to buy your binaural microphones for the purpose of listening to and analyzing music rehearsals and concerts, and they all agree with me. Your binaural microphones are probably the most useful tool in a music rehearsal.
		Len's demo includes a binaural recording made at a nightclub that is truly startling when you realize the low cost of his mics.
		The binaural mics I ordered from you were forwarded to me in New Mexico, where I have been on vacation, and I used them in a recording session the next evening.
	www.core-sound.com /mics.html (22489 words)

	Binaural
		Binaural beats are auditory brainstem responses which originate in the superior olivary...
		Pearl Jam, Binaural (Epic), review by Eden Miller - As one of the pioneers of the alternative rock revolution out of Seattle, Pearl Jam is also one of the only bands to survive it.
		Their latest release, Binaural, is their sixth studio album and is typical of a rock band that has reached a plateau of...
	www.getsynergized.com /centerpointe-directory/binaural.html (493 words)

	Binaural Recording
		Binaural recording is basically just one technique out of many to do a stereo recording.
		Binaural Recording Bibliography Binaural recording is a technique of stereo recording which uses a "dummy head" rather than simple microphones as the transducers.
		Binaural means combining the information from the two ears rather thanmonoaural, which is using...
	www.getsynergized.com /centerpointe-directory/binaural-recording.html (585 words)

	Binaural Beats CD sets - increase creativity, improve sleep, intensify meditation
		Binaural Beats Recordings - What they are, how they work, what makes binaural beat technology so effective.
		Binaural beat recordings are specially generated sounds, designed to alter your brainwaves - bringing about states of happiness, creativity, or relaxation, for example.
		These have then been combined with more complex binaural beat effects - such as panning, background triangular wave chords, sound "spinning", enveloping, and the "phaser" effect - to produce a set of what we believe to be the most powerful binaural beat CD's currently available.
	www.healthynewage.com /thepath.html (1286 words)

	The Subcortical Auditory System: Psychophysics of Binaural Hearing
		With regard to the binaural processors, the following description results from work performed in the author's lab at Bochum (e.g., [190,191,113].) First, a modified, interaural running-cross-correlation function is computed, based on signals originating at corresponding points of the basilar membranes of the two cochlea simulators, i.e., points which represent the same critical frequency.
		The output of the binaural processor, a running binaural-activity pattern, is assumed to be interfacing to higher nervous centers for evaluation.
		Further, effects such as binaural pitch, dereverberation and/or decoloration are within the scope of the model.
	hwr.nici.kun.nl /~miami/taxonomy/node113.html (1599 words)

	An Introduction to Binaural Technology
		It is evident that the performance features of binaural hearing form a challenge for engineers in terms of technological application.
		Binaural Technology is a body of methods that involve the acoustic input signals to both ears of the listener for achieving practical purposes, e.g., by recording, analyzing, synthesizing, processing, presenting and evaluating such signals.
		Binaural Technology has recently gained in economic momentum, both on its own and as an enabling technology for more complex applications.
	hwr.nici.kun.nl /~miami/taxonomy/node108.html (758 words)

	Binaural Interference
		When two tones are played simultaneously and a listener is asked to determine if the interaural time difference of one tone has changed, it is more difficult to detect this interaural time shift than when the tone is presented in isolation.
		This "binaural interference" occurs even when the two tones are very far apart in frequency.
		The early work on binaural interference suggested that binaural interference might mean that spatial cues may not be useful for sound source segregation.
	www.parmly.luc.edu /parmly/binaural.html (627 words)

	BrainWave Generator - Theory
		If the left ear is presented with a steady tone of 500Hz and the right ear a steady tone of 510Hz, these two tones combine in the brain.
		Note, however, that just passively listening to binaural beats does not necessarily alter your state of consciousness.
		For example, willingness and ability to relax and focus attention affects how effective the binaural beat stimulus is for inducing state changes.
	www.bwgen.com /theory.htm (838 words)

	Amazon.com: Music: Binaural (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Why Binaural is ingored is simple: it lacks melodies, catchy choruses and that tends to disinterest people.
		'Binaural', the Pearl Jam's sixth studio album, released in 2000 is the capture of the great band entering the new millenium.
		'Binaural' is one of those rare works, an album that sounds like no other, a disc that has a sound to it that's so unique whilst at the same time being unmistakably Pearl Jam.
	amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004T8RK?v=glance (2759 words)

	Brainwave entrainment via Binaural Beats via binaural recording, binaural sound
		Simply relax as you listen to the binaural beats stimulating parts of your mind not touched by other CDs.
		This 60 minute binaural beat recording totally clears your mind fog, bringing full clarity and laser focus to your tasks.
		Listen as the binaural beat recording gently soothes and calms your mind, with special frequencies for reducing pain.
	www.binaural-beats.com /?afl=12796 (254 words)

	Binaural Auditory Beats Affect Vigilance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Anecdotal reports suggest that binaural auditory beats within the electroencephalograph frequency range can entrain EEG activity and may affect states of consciousness, although few scientific studies have been published.
		This study compared the effects of binaural auditory beats in the EEG beta and EEG theta/delta frequency ranges on mood and on performance of a vigilance task to investigate their effects on subjective and objective measures of arousal.
		However, participants were kept blind to the presence of binaural beats to control expectation effects.
	www.monroeinstitute.org /research/lanepaper.html (297 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Music: Binaural (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Which isn't to say Binaural lacks the core Pearl Jam virtues: awe-inspiring live muscularity, determinedly unfashionable riffs and the achingly true-hearted Eddie Vedder's decade-defining howl and piled-high baggage of guilt, sincerity and humility which, perhaps alone in his line of work, he actually means.
		And in comparison to the awkward musical wilfulness of 1998's Yield, Binaural is a solid, straight-ahead reassertion of this most straight-ahead of bands' first principles.
		It may well be labelled 'an aquired taste', but 'Binaural' proves itself a worthy successor to the other great Pearl Jam albums floating around this rock-starved planet.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004T2EG (1442 words)

	Binaural Recording (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Though purists argue that, unlike multitrack recording, true stereo is recorded with two microphones in realtime, any recording is, according to Plato’s theories, a corruption.
		Stereophonic recording differs from Binaural … in that the microphone placements are selected for loudspeaker reproduction.
		Binaural properly applies to a two-channel system designed for headphone reproduction.
	www.secretstage.com /art/music/14_club_midi/binaural (184 words)

	Stereophile: Binaural audio available on the internet
		According to Sunier's website, binaural sound has been with us for over 100 years: "It was first used in transmission of opera from the stage of the Paris Opera House in 1881.
		These days, binaural recordings are created using a "dummy head" with two specially calibrated microphones placed in its "ears." This head "hears" what we would hear in the room, and sends the two separate channels of audio to the recorder, where they are kept discrete with no further mixing required.
		Regarding concern that a binaural recording is sonically inferior to a traditional two-channel mix, Sunier states, "There are a lot of misconceptions about binaural recordings.
	www.stereophile.com /news/10071 (770 words)

	Binaural (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It is a Grade A collection which tastes such musical flavors as 1970's progressive rock to traditional American folk music, yet still remaining within the tight confines of the band's original sound.
		Pearl Jam is a hybrid of a rock band: they defined the 90s in terms of revolutionizing the direction of new music and by speaking directly to the youth of the time.
		Recorded in Seattle, Binaural is a routine recording, yet highlights some subtle (for this band!) instrumentation.
	www.audiophilia.com /software/ct10.htm (221 words)

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