On 01/01/2013 12:23 PM, Thomas Vecchione wrote: > > > > The way our ears work, what frequency we actually hear shifts slightly > with intensity. There is a great book on acoustics by F. Alton > Everest that goes into this a bit in one of the earlier chapters. I > am still reading through all of it, but it is an interesting > phenomenon. Pitch is in actuality a subjective form of Frequency, not > objective, and this is reflected in this phenomenon. This is something you learn VERY early on if you mix monitors for a living. If you've got someone who sings consistently flat (especially lead singers), turn their monitor DOWN about 3-4 dB, no matter how much they scream and yell about it. The audience will thank you profusely. -- --- My bands, CD projects, music, news, and pictures: http://www.lateralforce.com My blog, with commentary on a variety of things, including audio, mixing, equipment, etc, is at: http://audioandmore.wordpress.com Staat heißt das kälteste aller kalten Ungeheuer. Kalt lügt es auch; und diese Lüge kriecht aus seinem Munde: 'Ich, der Staat, bin das Volk.' - [Friedrich Nietzsche] _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
