JRow Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 This month's LSA is – Psychoacoustics, the study of how humans perceive sound Barnaby Thwaites and Britannia Row Productions presents Psychoacoustics, the study of how humans perceive sound. This session starts with a detailed description of the human ear with particular reference to its properties that underscore our appreciation of music. A number of key concepts are discussed, and demonstrated live using the presenter's original audio constructions including critical bandwidth, masking, beats, phantom tones, missing fundamental, pitch perception and autocorrelation, consonance/dissonance and directivity of sound. Participants will experience intriguing auditory phenomena, helping to underscore understanding of some of the nuances of audio engineering. Barnaby Thwaites has had a life-long and varied musical life from the age of 6 onwards. Most of his working career was spent in the NHS as a cardiologist, from which he escaped to pursue recording and mixing in his own studio, playing bass and singing in local bands, and developing a thoroughly healthy infatuation with analogue gear. Psychoacoustic interest was triggered when considering why cardiology trainees found evaluation of heart sounds with a stethoscope so difficult. This has led to the conclusion that the ear is far more sophisticated than the heart, although deep down this conclusion is made somewhat reluctantly! Please follow this link to book your place https://www.eventbri...ets-87942976811 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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