Comments on: DIY Homemade Binaural (ish) Stereo Microphone

By: Jonathon

Jonathon — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:57:30 +0000

Wow, Rob — thanks for stopping by!

I’m a long-time admirer of your work with spatial recordings. Good ideas — my mic is in need of some attention lately. I think I’ll try some of your suggestions next. Agree on the ‘fast’ pass in front with the mics aimed out to the sides.

Although the side placement does offer a little more ‘dramatic’ stereo separation — but I think your approach will definitely be much more realistic, which is the real goal… It’s *too* whooshy aimed out to the sides.

By: Rob D.

Rob D. — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:31:32 +0000

Certainly better than the built-in camcorder mics, for sure! You might consider trying the omni mic capsules mounted ON the head-spaced wooden boundaries facing forward (rather than recessed and pointing out). There’s less of a “hole” in the middle and better movement across the center. (Notice the way the car quickly jumps across from side to side in your Fire,.. sample?) More “front” imaging with ambience might work well for video too. These approaches have been worked out by Curt Olson if you’re curious: http://www.trackseventeen.com/mic_rigs.html

By: andytan

andytan — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:04:05 +0000

that box seems big enough to fit a ‘frankenstein’ head. Don’t tell me this is the recorder that you bring with you at the bus stop and a walk in the park.. pretty handy though-_-

andy from malaysia

By: Jonathon

Jonathon — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:58:28 +0000

At the moment, it simply has a stereo mini plug (like a portable headphones jack) which just plugs into my camcorder’s stereo mic input, but you could do whatever you needed… I think I built it in an afternoon — pretty easy stuff.

By: exjob2222

exjob2222 — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:45:51 +0000

This is an awesome mic. How does it connect w/ the camcorder or whatever you used? How long did it take to build? I think I’m gonna build one, maybe.