Ah-Ha for Class 2 Readings

The description of how audio is coded and synchronized was very intriguing. I guess I have taken for granted how sound waves are converted by the human ear and coded to create a three dimensional feel. In actuality we receive sound through two one-dimensional signals, our ears, and then the waves are interpreted based on the phasing and time they arrived (I still don't understand exactly what this means) makes the sound seem dynamic.

When the concept of binaural audio recording was described, I could picture things more clearly in my head of how the sound that I hear comes to my brain and why there is so much variance in the way things are recorded. I also found it very interesting that the best way to listen to the playback of a recording would be through a pair of headphones but when considering how the human ear translates the waveforms, it really makes sense. I also gained a little deaper appreciation for the recent Pearl Jam album, titled Binaural after discovering the significance of this type of recording.