This auditory illusion is called a binaural beat. For example, if a person hears a tone of 405 Hz in one ear and a tone of 415 Hz in the other, they would be hearing a binaural beat with a ...

Read more about the binaural mixing process here and more about BBC R&D's work on binaural broadcasting here. A selection of binaural mixes from the Proms is available following the links below.

Binaural audio is probably the coolest thing you can listen to with a pair of headphones. Instead of just a single microphone, binaural recordings use two microphones, set inside an analog for a ...

Interaural intensity differences between the two ears are the result of the acoustic shadow created by the head for frequencies in the middle to high frequency range. If, for instance, a sound comes ...

What is immersive (binaural) sound? Binaural sound recording allows you to experience an immersive spatial audio impression of events when listening on headphones. It differs from stereo sound ...

A smart headset. If you use professional binaural microphones you will be limited in what you can alter in post-production. This means you'll need to spend more time recording to get performances ...