Musicians’ Binaural Headphone Monitoring for Studio Recording

Bauer V, Déjardin H, Pras A. Musicians’ Binaural Headphone Monitoring for Studio Recording. In: AES Convention 144. Audio Engineering Society; 2018. Paper 10026. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=19422

@inproceedings{Bauer2018_19422,
  author = {Bauer, Valentin and Déjardin, Hervé and Pras, Amandine},
  title = {{Musicians’ Binaural Headphone Monitoring for Studio Recording}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 144},
  note = {Paper 10026},
  year = {2018},
  month = may,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=19422}
}

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TI  - Musicians’ Binaural Headphone Monitoring for Studio Recording
AU  - Bauer, Valentin
AU  - Déjardin, Hervé
AU  - Pras, Amandine
T2  - AES Convention 144
M1  - Paper 10026
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2018/05/06
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PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - This study uses binaural technology for headphone monitoring in world music, jazz, and free improvisation recording sessions. We first conducted an online survey with 12 musicians to identify the challenges they face when performing in studio with wearable monitoring devices. Then, to investigate musicians’ perceived differences between binaural and stereo monitoring, we carried out three comparative tests followed by semi-directed focus groups. The survey analysis highlighted the main challenges of coping with an unusual performance situation and a lack of realism and sound quality of the auditory scene. Tests showed that binaural monitoring improved the perceived sound quality and realism, musicians’ comfort and pleasure, and encouraged better musical performances and more creativity in the studio.
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