A head-wearable apparatus comprising: a frame; a first stem coupled to a first side of the frame and to a first microphone housing (101_1) that encases a first front microphone (110_3) and a first rear microphone (110_4) that generate acoustic signals, respectively, the first microphone housing (101_1) includes a first front port that faces downward and a first rear port that faces backwards, a second stem coupled to a second side of the frame and to a second microphone housing (101_2) that encases a second front microphone (110_1) and a second rear microphone (110_2) that generate acoustic signals, respectively, the second microphone housing (101_2) includes a second front port that faces downward and a second rear port that faces backwards; and a binaural audio processor that includes a beamformer to receive the acoustic signals from the first front microphone (110_3), the first rear microphone (110_4), the second front microphone (110_1) and the second rear microphone (110_2) and to generate a first beamformer signal based on the acoustic signals from the first front microphone and the first rear microphone, and a second beamformer signal based on the acoustic signals from the second front microphone and the second rear microphone, and a storage device to store the first beamformer signal and the second beamformer signal as a two-channel file. a frame; a first stem coupled to a first side of the frame and to a first microphone housing (101_1) that encases a first front microphone (110_3) and a first rear microphone (110_4) that generate acoustic signals, respectively, the first microphone housing (101_1) includes a first front port that faces downward and a first rear port that faces backwards, a second stem coupled to a second side of the frame and to a second microphone housing (101_2) that encases a second front microphone (110_1) and a second rear microphone (110_2) that generate acoustic signals, respectively, the second microphone housing (101_2) includes a second front port that faces downward and a second rear port that faces backwards; and a binaural audio processor that includes a beamformer to receive the acoustic signals from the first front microphone (110_3), the first rear microphone (110_4), the second front microphone (110_1) and the second rear microphone (110_2) and to generate a first beamformer signal based on the acoustic signals from the first front microphone and the first rear microphone, and a second beamformer signal based on the acoustic signals from the second front microphone and the second rear microphone, and a storage device to store the first beamformer signal and the second beamformer signal as a two-channel file. a beamformer to receive the acoustic signals from the first front microphone (110_3), the first rear microphone (110_4), the second front microphone (110_1) and the second rear microphone (110_2) and to generate a first beamformer signal based on the acoustic signals from the first front microphone and the first rear microphone, and a second beamformer signal based on the acoustic signals from the second front microphone and the second rear microphone, and a first beamformer signal based on the acoustic signals from the first front microphone and the first rear microphone, and a second beamformer signal based on the acoustic signals from the second front microphone and the second rear microphone, and a storage device to store the first beamformer signal and the second beamformer signal as a two-channel file.