On Tuesday 01 January 2013 14:17:22 Al Thompson did opine: > 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. Humm, I wonder if this is why much of Johnny Cash's work has him 25 to 50 cents flat. He was back on key for a while after the tonsillectomy. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! My views <http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml> If it's Tuesday, this must be someone else's fortune. I was taught to respect my elders, but its getting harder and harder to find any... _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
