Hugo Zuccarelli

• Sound engineer from Argentina
• Created ‘Holophonics’ – Sound equivalent of visual Holography (3D).
• žIt was invented in 1980 while he was studying electrical engineering

Holophonics

The inner ear analyses sound in a holographic manner. With holophonics it uses technology to record sound exactly as it is. It uses the same multi exposure principle that is used to create holograms. Spatial dimension, ambience, emotion are all taken into consideration throughout the recording.

Notable Work

• Recognition by NASA, the music and film industry, the scientific community
• Disneyland and Disney World; on HBO, TV science programs and local news channels, on radio, in video games, and in motion pictures
• Has worked with Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson
• The Interplanetary Society
• “Aladdin,” Walt Disney. Holophonics™ used on trailer. (1992)

How it can be heard

Can be heard perfectly through nearly any stereo, set of headphones, or computer, whether inexpensive or of highest fidelity. For the first time, more complicated and expensive systems are not required for better sound (because in this case the sound is recreated in the listener’s brain). His discovery led him to invent a single-source, high-definition, low-distortion speaker

Criticisms

There is no evidence, nor studies conducted, to indicate that the holophonic technique is substantially different from or superior to other methods. His technique has not been published. Holophonic recording is similar to binaural recording – his study was done by using the same technique as patent binaural recording.