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That it can do that with 2 ears and the latency between them signalling through the brain is amazing
by quickthrower2 5y ago
That it can do that with 2 ears and the latency between them signalling through the brain is amazing
- da_chicken 5y agoWell, it's not just latency in many cases. If there's someone typing at the desk to your left, that noise has latency but it has different loudness in your left and right ears. The sound reaching your right ear has to make it's way around your head, so it sounds different not merely more delayed. Your brain has learned what all of that means.
- phreeza 5y agoIn addition to loudness and latency differences, there is even a frequency-specific effect due to the shape of the head and in particular your ear (your pinna to be precise). This is actually probably the reason why our ears have the weird shape they do. This is different for every person, which means that headphone-based simulated spatial audio can never be perfect.
- tiagod 5y agoYou can even hear the interference between two sine waves, without them actually "mixing" in the air, by feeding one to each ear. This doesn't work for every frequency, but when it does it sounds the same as it would if they were both played to both years, but it's happening in your brain! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_(acoustics)#Binaural_beats https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_(acoustics)#Binaural_beat...
- jacquesm 5y agoI've done this and it makes you tired extremely quickly for some reason. It's worse than tuning up a piano from scratch.