In our newly-expanded “Outside Scoop” section, we highlight some of the very best posts of the week on audio and music production. This time, a roundup of 3D Audio and virtual reality mics from Peter Kirn.
Microphones have come quite a long way since their inception. First, microphones recorded in Read more...
Feeling ambivalent about ambisonics? Insecure about immersive audio?
Audio professionals who haven’t dipped their toes into 3D sound should consider getting started. Virtual reality (VR) experiences, video games and soundstages are putting together microphones, headsets and speakers to achieve increasingly realistic results. And the economic impact is on the way: Read more...
Close your eyes and think about the last time you were at a gig. How did it sound? The band is rocking out on stage, your friends are talking in a group over to your left, a busboy says “excuse me” as he slides past your right shoulder, and the Read more...
TRIBECA, MANHATTAN/LONG BEACH, CA: No, your speakers aren’t completely messed up – that’s Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music. Entrancing to some, physically repulsive to others, since the record’s 1975 release it’s been guaranteed to make sense to just one head on the planet: Lou Reed’s.
But what if you could Read more...
