[linux-audio-user] Fwd: [Jamin] Re: soft clip: Achieving Gain, inconsequential overloads

[tim hall]

On Monday 03 May 2004 19:34, davidrclark at earthlink.net wrote:
> There may also be a psychoacoustic effect that louder produces more
> harmonics or an illusion of such.

I don't think it's psycho-acoustics, distortion creates more harmonics, that's 
physics CMIIW. It does seem that loud, dense hypnotic music does produce a 
kind of euphoria due to some action upon the inner ear, it's the feeling of 
being gently bludgeoned by a large, heavy object with no discernable sharp 
edges. Some people like it, especially teenagers. It goes with vodka nicely.

As musicians mature, we learn to play our instruments properly and start to 
wonder what it would be like to get a good guitar sound. yaddayadda.

And so here we all are :-)

cheers

tim hall