15 Apr
2010
15 Apr
'10
6:43 p.m.
And let me add that psychoacoustics is not the same as
subjectivism -
you are correct in that they are not the same
but psychoacoustics does study the _subjective_ human perception of auditory phenomena
not the _objective_ human perception of auditory phenomena
and while there are acoustic phenomena common to all healthy hearing/neurology which can
be measured
you are glossing over two factors involved in psychoacoustics which render most scientific
generalization sort of dicey: emotional state and cultural bias
and anyway my post was referring to the claim that if a property of a mix can't be
scientifically measured then it doesn't exist -- which we all know is poppycock
because 'music mastering' is NOT a science - it is pure sonic voodoo
15 Apr
15 Apr
7:03 p.m.
New subject: digital voodoo: master fader should be set at 0db
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 01:43:33PM -0700, Kim Cascone wrote:
It studies both. From basic perception (e.g. determining the
limits of what can be heard) to scene analysis which concerns
how those things that can be heared are used to reconstruct
a mental picture (e.g. detection of patterns).
And let me add
that psychoacoustics is not the same as
subjectivism -
you are correct in that they are not the same
but psychoacoustics does study the _subjective_ human perception of auditory phenomena
not the _objective_ human perception of auditory phenomena and while there are acoustic phenomena common to all
healthy
hearing/neurology which can be measured you are glossing over
two factors involved in psychoacoustics which render most
scientific generalization sort of dicey: emotional state and
cultural bias
Researchers in this field are not as stupid as to 'gloss over'
these factors. They are very well aware of them. If there is
any problem in this area it is with those who have heard some
bells ringing and think they understand it all.
and anyway my post was referring to the claim that if
a property
of a mix can't be scientifically measured then it doesn't exist
-- which we all know is poppycock because 'music mastering' is
NOT a science - it is pure sonic voodoo
While in general I do agree with the idea that you put forward
(because perception of music is not the same as perception of
sound), something doesn't have to be science to be studied by
science. Even religion can be a *subject* of science, while
clearly it is not science itself.
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