Traditional / experimental practice
The World of Two Ears · Left and Right
A single sound first in the centre, then hard left, hard right and back in the centre. Its direction comes from the tiny difference in arrival time at the two ears and from the far ear lying in the head's shadow. In the third minute the same sound sways between left and right every two seconds, this time with a level difference only. At the end two lefts and two rights are compared: one by level alone (pan), the other with a time difference and shadow. Headphones recommended. A listening practice with no claim of any effect.
Liner notes
- Body
- Cluster drone ×4 · 220 Hz
- What do you hear?
- tonal · bright · narrow
How is this sound made?
- Cluster drone−13.5 dB
Cluster drone · A3 (440 Hz tuning), 2 oscillators
- Cluster drone−13.5 dB
Cluster drone · A3 (440 Hz tuning), 2 oscillators
- Cluster drone−13.5 dB
Cluster drone · A3 (440 Hz tuning), 2 oscillators
- Cluster drone−13.5 dB
Cluster drone · A3 (440 Hz tuning), 2 oscillators
- Spatial movement: sounds change position around your head; listen on headphones. This is not a binaural beat.
- Reverb: room, 12% mix
In the room you can listen to each layer on its own, change its settings and save it as your own recipe.
Sound is generated on this device in real time; no files are downloaded from a server. There is a 10 s fade-in at the start and a 0 min fade-out at the end.
Compare with another sound
Hear both at the same loudness; drag the slider to the middle and they blend.
Mixed in the middle, these two sounds would create an unlabelled binaural beat: the slider crosses the middle with a short crossfade.
8 trials, half of them the same sound; get at least 7 right and the difference is audible. The result stays on this device.
What do we know, what don't we know?
S · Soundscape, no claim
No health or mental-effect claim at all; it is simply a soundscape.
This session isn't linked to any claim of effect.
A session's level is the weakest of its linked claims; it is never raised by a strong but unrelated claim.
Its neighbours on the map
The five sounds closest to this one by measured sound features.
- 1Beyond Perception · Where Is the Sound?Warm · steady · moving aroundBoth tone and drone · both steady · same goal: explore
- 2The World of Two Ears · Around the HeadWarm · steady · moving aroundBoth tone and drone · both steady · same goal: explore
- 3Anatomy of Sound · The Colour of SoundWarm · steady · no melodyBoth tone and drone · both steady · same goal: explore
- 4The World of Two Ears · Near and FarWarm · steady · moving aroundBoth tone and drone · both steady · same goal: explore
- 5Reading · AirWarm · slowly evolving · no melodyBoth tone and drone
Keep your device volume comfortable, preferably below 60%. You can also use your device's headphone-safety settings.