With immersive sound being an expanding market, there are many possible uses for the 4560 CORE binaural headset microphone. The 4560 is an appealing solution for applications such as sound system documentation, soundscape analysis, sound quality assessment as well as sound for theatrical productions, gaming, and more.

Online media including Facebook, Google, and others who are making an effort to create more appealing products, including immersive sound could benefit from binaural recording. Film recordists are using binaural techniques to gather content they can use for atmospheric sounds. In addition, podcasts using the binaural technique can provide content that is much more immersive and alive compared to traditional techniques.

The binaural recording technique builds on the principle of placing microphones on a human’s head. The microphones’ position is either just outside each ear canal or at the bottom of the ear canal close to the eardrum. When you reproduce the recording and listen with headphones, the image is very much similar to “being there.”

Binaural recordings differ from more well-known stereo techniques because binaural uses two omnidirectional mics positioned close together (as if in a listener’s ears) to replicate the sound pickup of the human ear. Stereo on the other hand, use cardioid microphones with a larger space between them.