On January 1, 2013 07:26:42 PM Al Thompson wrote: > On 01/01/2013 02:20 PM, Gene Heskett 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 > > Well, some people just sing flat. (Bob Dylan comes to mind). No amount > of monitor magic will fix tone-deafness. Turn on the "Auto-Ruin" ! Tim. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
