![]() ![]() In 1881, Clement Ader invents the first binaural audio system. We’ll pick up where we left off with Part II next week. Here, in the first of a two-part series, we’re taking a look back at the birth of binaural and the pioneers whose early experiments made the listening experience of the future possible. We crave immersive experiences. And creators in every sector (VR, music, podcasts, gaming…) are tapping the limitless potential of binaural. Now, every smartphone comes with a pair of earbuds. Binaural slid into the background - until today. But the introduction of the moving-coil loudspeaker changed all that, paving the way for stereophonic sound, which, by the end of the ’30s, was being demo-ed for movie soundtracks. The only way to listen to electrical audio signals was through a telephone receiver earpiece, and every radio came with a pair of headphones until the mid-1920s. When binaural audio was invented in the late 19th Century, amplifiers didn’t exist. ![]() ![]() With headphones on, binaural audio produces the incredibly immersive sensation of being in the same exact place where the recording was made. So why are most people only now beginning to hear about this superior alternative to stereo sound? Mostly because in order to experience binaural audio, you need to be wearing headphones, which used to be a lot less common than they are today. A binaural audio recording captures sound as you actually hear it by employing two microphones spaced to approximate the distance between your ears. The technology behind binaural audio (also known as 3d Audio) is more than a century-old. ![]()
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