#holophonics

Put in headphones. Play this video. Close your eyes. It’s only 5 minutes and it’s worth it. Amazing, right?

This illusion is created by the magic of holophonics. Holophonics is the production of sound that seems to move as it does in real life. As someone walks around while speaking, we can see them move. But we can also hear the sound coming from a slightly different direction. It is precise enough to hear “luigi” travel around the room, while someone plays guitar in the background. You can hear the razor trim different sides of your head with such precision that it gives me flashbacks to when I used to get all my hair buzzed off. The ability to track sound through out space is an amazing feature of the human mind and it does so through only two sensors(our ears).

Wouldn’t this technology be amazing in music? It isn’t widely known, but it’s been done.

This album(The Final Cut- Pink Floyd) makes use of holophonics. Maybe, you’re not a Pink Floyd fan. Me, I know I definitely prefer my Lil Yachty and 21 Savage to Pink Floyd. To be honest, I haven’t even listened to the whole album, I just skipped around looking for examples of 3D sounds. But what these pioneers of music showed is that this technique can be used effectively in music. This technique can create mind blowing pieces of art and immersive soundtracks.

(via https://soundcloud.com/binauralhead/binaural-birkdale-train-station?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=tumblr)