[Ed Seedhouse[_2_]]

On May 1, 6:11=A0pm, "Gary Eickmeier" wrote:
This is really outrageous. "Studio 360" put a show on today about a guy
named Edgar Choueiri who has "invented" 3D sound. I am really tired of tw=
o
recurring themes: (1) some "rocket scientist" decides to come into the au=
dio
engineering field and really kick ass. He is usually viewed with awe and
thanked for his genius which the faithful flock to purchase with big buck=
s.
And (2) every 10 years or so some new genius comes along and invents
binaural sound. We have had Ambiophonics, Carver Sonic Holography,
Transaural, 3D Audio, and many more. The basic article actually has the
nerve to say "Choueiri has figured out how to reproduce realistic 3D soun=
d
from just two speakers using a method called 'crosstalk cancellation.' "

You can visit this crime scene at

http://www.studio360.org/blogs/studi.../27/rocket-sci...

I am done with it.

Just shows the no one is above being gulled. The effects played were
certainly audible and about as effective as the "Theatre Dimensional"
sound setting on my four year old Onkyo receiver. Is Bob Carver still
with us? Perhaps he has grounds for a suit! Or did someone else
pioneer the concept even earlier?

Maybe someone should send NPR a copy of the first track of "Amused to
death", where another incarnation of the same old idea is used. Tell
them to turn up the volume and listen to the dog barking. PF also
used binaural tracks, notably on "Just another brick in the wall" and
also on the "The Final Cut". And later Madonna used "holosonic
sound" (also aural crosstalk cancellation IIRR) it on one of her
albums, I believe.

They must be hiring them young at NPR these days, given the budget
cuts. Or maybe Seniors with badly failing memories.

It pales besides the nonsense about economics that NPR allows on the
air. Still, there's "car talk" and "Wait Wait, don't tell me!"

I first heard the effect on a square plastic disk that came with an
old copy of "Audio" magazine if my memory does not fail me.