[LAU] Pro Audio? OT rant.

[Tim E. Real]

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.