Binaural recording

Binaural sound recording is a specific stereophonic capture technique, using a microphone placed in each of the recordist's ears or on an artificial head so as to reproduce natural stereophonic perception and thus enhance the spatial realism of the recording when listening through headphones.
Simple to implement and enabling the creation of acoustic illusions and highly realistic spatializations for specific projects, binaural sound recording requires a few rules to be followed in order to be effective, and can also pave the way for less conventional recording approaches.

This workshop includes listening to pieces with commentary, making a small binaural microphone (one per participant), sound recording exercises and advice on editing on DAW.
5places are available for students belonging to the platform's partner structures: book with Arnaud Julien, arnaud.julien@gmem.org, indicating your structure.

Additional information
- Maximum number of participants: 10
- Duration: one day
- Materials supplied: electret caps, cables, foam, glues...
- Tools supplied: soldering irons, tin, cutters

Materials required for each participant
- a digital audio recorder with TRS 3.5mm socket and power plugin
- a smartphone
- stereo headphones
- a computer with audio editing software (Reaper, Audacity, Logic, Live, Protools...)

Workshop proposed and led by Pierre-Laurent Cassière (Beaux-Arts de Marseille)