On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 06:54:23PM +0200, tee wrote: > Ken Restivo wrote: > > Well, I did the test that someone suggested on this list: I set up a little PD patch to generate sine waves, and swept it up and down to determine the range of my hearing. > > > > I was pleasantly (well sort of) surprised. > > > > At very nearly age 44, the highest sound I can hear as an actual sound, when turned up really loud, is 18100Hz. Up to about 19Khz, I can get a really freakin huge headache from sounds, but won't be able to perceive them as sounds, just as OH-MY-GOD-MY-HEAD-HURTS-MAKE-IT-STOP! > > > > At normal listening levels, around 16kHz is the maximum I can hear. > > > > Still a good deal better than I expected. > > > > -ken > > would you mind sharing it ? the last time i checked it on myself was > ages ago. > Sure, the patch is trivial, and it is here: #N canvas 0 393 1255 314 10; #X obj 249 139 osc~; #X obj 276 280 dac~; #X floatatom 199 73 50 0 0 0 - - -; #X obj 187 20 hsl 128 15 0 19000 0 0 empty empty empty -2 -8 0 10 -262144 -1 -1 1100 1; #X connect 0 0 1 0; #X connect 0 0 1 1; #X connect 2 0 0 0; #X connect 3 0 2 0; That's all there is to it. -ken _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
