How to record from 2 microphones to create a virtual environment (Binaural Recording)

Question

I wish to make a recording using 2 microphones positioned at a distance as described in this wikipedia article on binaural recording so I can make a "3D sound" recording. How can I configure Ubuntu or what should I install in Ubuntu so I can make this doable?

I want to make sound recordings that when the user puts on the headphones the Binaural Recording Effect is experienced.

Similar to the famous Virtual Barber Shop video

Where you put on your headphones and close you eyes and your brain starts to process the environment in a way that you feel you are in that virtual place.

Answer 1

What you want is probably just to record from two mics at once, then merge the two sound files into one stereo file.

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Possibility one: Use a 2xMono->1xStereo adaptor to plug two analog mics into one mic socket

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Possibility two:

The first part (record from 2 mics at once): this might help.

Also, maybe there is some trick to do this via pulseaudio

You'll probably need a fancy sound card, or two sound cards (one should note that USB mics usually are also separate sound cards)

The second part (create a stereo file): in here, it says:

SOX can do things like combine 2 mono tracks into a stereo file.