Editing Binaural recording (section)

=== Averaging ===
The main focus of recording with a binaural head is to achieve a perfect binaural playback that is suited to all listeners. The problem arises that each human head has different shaped and sized features, making it very difficult to create a binaural effect compatible for everyone's ears. 

Averaging is done, either in the physical properties of binaural head microphones, or in the mathematical algorithm used to generate binaural sound using binaural panning software or ambisonic decoders. Some people may report hearing a very dramatic soundstage, while others may not. 

The effect that the shape of our head and our ears has on the sound we hear is part of what is called the [[Head-related transfer function|Head Related Transfer Function]], or HRTF.<ref name="Liitola 2006" /> Recent Apple [[iPhone Pro]]'s use the phone's camera and [[Lidar|LiDAR Scanner]] to create a 3D picture of the listener's ears, in order to create a [[Head-related transfer function|personalized HRTF]] file so that their own ear shape is factored into what they hear.