Elias Church), and in Manhattan's Church of St. The sessions were recorded in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, at the Hirsch Center (formerly St. Recordings are captured using only the two B&K HD 4100 mikes in Lars's ears, with the dummy head placed farther from the source than is usual with close-miked recordings. 'These recordings have the spatial feel of actual performances because we record only in concert spaces: churches, halls, and other real, three-dimensional spaces.'Īs Stereophile contributor Steve Guttenberg elaborates in the liner notes, the ambience conveyed by Binaural+ recordings is real, not artificially simulated. 'We want to capture a performance and put you there,' David Chesky told Stereophile by phone. Currently available for download at HDtracks in 16/44.1, 24/96, and 24/192 FLAC formats (a CD version was promised for later in the summer), the recording comprises 18 tracks of music and 8 of sound tests, several of the latter designed to test the bass response of headphones. Chesky's Sensational, Fantastic, and Simply Amazing Binaural Sound Show. To make evaluation possible, the label has followed the release of an all-drums-and-percussion disc, Explorations in Space and Time, available as 16/44.1, 24/88.2, and 24/176 downloads), with its first Binaural+ demonstration disc, Dr. bringing you one step closer to the actual event.' (To explain the process, Chesky has posted two short videos on the Web here and here.) Not only does Chesky Records claim that Binaural+ downloads enable headphone listeners to experience three-dimensional sound and imaging they also contend that those listening through a pair of speakers will experience 'even more spatial realism. The Binaural+ masters are captured in high-resolution (24-bit/192kHz) sound using a Binaural head or Kunstkopf nicknamed 'Lars,' who has specially calibrated microphones placed where his ears would be. Edgar Choueiri, Chesky's Binaural+ downloads make possible the playback of binaural recordings on both headphones and a pair of loudspeakers. Made possible by work that composer David Chesky, founder of Chesky Records and cofounder of HDtracks, has been doing at Princeton University with Dr.

With the release of their first Binaural+ high-resolution downloads, Chesky Records and HDtracks intend to take music lovers one step closer to the real musical event.