Equipment

This page would introduce you to our binaural family. Making music tracks ‘bounce around’ requires the aid of many interesting devices, and here’s a list of devices that our referenced around the blog (usually by nicknames):

Mice [sic] | Binaural mics | Sound Professionals SP-TFB-2
Arwen       | Recorder          | Roland/Edirol R-1
Under the Couch speakers?| X-mini Capsule II XAM4 speakers (harmonics!)
Rebecca   | Room                | Lewis H. Beck | Yamaha HS80M speakers | Boxpy
Muxpy      | Pre-amp           | M-Audio Audio Buddy [ manual ]
Becks        | interface           | Avid MBox Pro

Some details from the manufacturers:

SP-TFB-2

SP-TFB-2

Audio Buddy

From the manual:

  • two independent preamps
  • higher than usual (?) voltage “rail” across internal op- amps.
  • front panel high impedance inputs used => associated back panel XLR disabled
  • If a signal is present at either the high impedance in or the XLR in of Preamp 1 and the Clipping LED stays lit, turn down gain control.

X-mini Capsule II

Speaker:                              Magnetically Shielded 40mm (4Ω)
Loudspeaker Output:    2.5W
Frequency Response:     100Hz – 20kHz
Signal-to-Noise:                ≥ 80dB
Distortion:                          ≤ 1.0%

HS-80M

2-way bass-reflex bi-amplified near-field studio monitor
8″ cone woofer and 1″ dome high-frequency unit
42Hz – 20kHz frequency response.
120 watts dynamic bi-amplified power.
XLR and TRS phone jack inputs accept balanced or unbalanced signals.
Level control facilitates precise overall system level matching.
MID EQ, ROOM CONTROL, and HIGH TRIM response control switches.
LOW CUT switch.
Full magnetic shielding.

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