SURROUND MİKS VE 3D KULAKLIK TEKNOLOJİLERİNİN ÇAĞDAŞ MÜZİK PRODÜKSİYON TEKNİKLERİ VE DİNLEME DENEYİMİ İLE ETKİLEŞİMİNİN İNCELENMESİ: "THE FLAMING LIPS -ZAIREEKA" ALBÜMÜNÜN BELİRTİLEN KRİTERLERDE YENİDEN TASARLANMASI (original) (raw)

2019, A STUDY OF INTERACTION BETWEEN SURROUND MIX AND 3D HEADPHONE TECHNOLOGIES AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES & LISTENING EXPERIENCE: REDESIGNING “THE FLAMING LIPS – ZAIREEKA” ALBUM BASED ON GIVEN CRITERIA

The passion for experiencing sound with all its aspects has evolved from Surround, Quadraphonic Ambisonic and Dolby Stereo to Quadhome, Stereo Dolby Surround, Dolby Digital and DTS technologies, and then its effect has manifested itself on the music listening practices coupled with sound technologies. This dissertation studies mix techniques of surround sound applications used in the music productions and headphone technologies that have been advancing recently. This study presents examples of past applications to discuss the path to be pursued by the music productions, aiming at the experience, in the direction of headphone technologies now transforming a number of parameters into a single instrument. To support the research, the study focuses on the approach of featuring experience; an approach embraced by the experimental “Zaireeka” album released by the Flaming Lips in 1997. Zaireeka features a combination of four compact discs designed to be played simultaneously on four separate sound systems, and was re-recorded with binaural and advanced Sennheiser Ambeo VR 3D microphones, as designed in the album, using the state-of-the-art binaural recording technique. This physical experience was transferred to an immersive sound environment for 3D headphones. In this study, future sound engineers were asked to listen both 5.1 surround sound system and 3D versions of this production with stereo headphones and they were then asked to review their listening experiences. These studies and evaluations provide an insight suggesting that the 3D immersive sound applications will be a more frequent element of music productions in the future and they will be more popular among the listeners.