Live podcasts

Live podcasts: headphone listening and binaural audio for live podcasts, radio, and readings

The intimacy of a podcast, the energy of a live event. The audience in the room hears every voice and every sound in their headphones, as close as if they were inside the recording.

With binaural audio and the Neumann KU 100 dummy head, sounds come from the front, behind, and the sides: an immersive experience for podcasts, live radio, readings, and publishing events.

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AUDIBLE × SAVIANO CASE STUDY

Live podcast with the audience wearing Silentsystem wireless headphones

KU 100Binaural headby Neumann, for three-dimensional listening

360°Binaural audiovoices and sounds all around the listener

1:1Intimate listeninglike a podcast, but live

1,200+Events a yearworldwide

Formats

Voices, up close

Live podcasts

The podcast takes the stage in front of an audience that listens through headphones with the same intimacy as the recorded version. Just like Audible and Roberto Saviano at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano.

The Audible × Saviano case study →

Radio and live broadcasts

Radio shows and live broadcasts with a studio audience: everyone present hears the control room mix, with no feedback into the mics and no speakers in the studio.

Readings, audiobooks, and storytelling

Live readings and storytelling become immersive: voice, music, and sound effects reach the headphones and surround the listener.

Festivals and publishing events

Talks, book launches, and literary festivals in open or crowded spaces: every word stays clear, without disturbing anyone nearby.

How it works

From the microphone to the headphones in three steps

The microphones

Voices, music, and effects are picked up by microphones, including binaural ones like the Neumann KU 100 dummy head, and mixed in the control room.

The RF transmitter

The mix is sent via radio frequency to every headphone in the room, with no cables and no loudspeakers.

The headphones

Each audience member listens through headphones, adjusts the volume, and experiences sound in space, as if they were on stage.

Why binaural audio

Hear the space, not just the voice

Three-dimensional effect: the binaural head “hears” like a human ear and reproduces where sounds are coming from.
Podcast intimacy: the voice comes through close and crisp, even in a large hall.
No bleed: with no speakers, the onstage mics capture only what they need to.
Personal volume: every audience member sets their own level.
A one-of-a-kind event: a new format that brings together podcast, theater, and live performance.

Case study

Podcasts, radio, and readings with headphones

For Audible, we provided the wireless listening system and the Neumann KU 100 binaural head for Roberto Saviano’s Le mani sul mondo at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano: every audience member heard voice and sounds from the front, behind, and the sides, right in their headphones.

From podcasts to live radio to readings and author talks, we bring headphone listening to theaters, studios, and festivals.

READ THE AUDIBLE CASE STUDY