Matthew Jacobs
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What's the best way to train the ear and brain to learn frequencies?
RAM said:Is this for live mixing? Or mixing in general?
RAM said:I'd teach myself what certain instruments sound like depending on what boosts or cuts you apply.
As you say, it's been floating around (since 1927 IIRC). I think that, as it is, it's almost useless, because it doesn't show what are the frequencies that are defining the sound signature of the instrument. In short, although the male vocal range extends from 100 to 10kHz, most of the sonic signature is between 350-3k; that's what allows differentiating Elvis Presley from Eddie Murphy. But the rest of the frequency range is also important, low frequencies for the chesty voice and high frequencies for the sensation of closeness.grantlack said:RAM said:I'd teach myself what certain instruments sound like depending on what boosts or cuts you apply.
Along this line, I've got a somewhat useful HTML-based chart floating around that shows the typical frequency bands of several instruments. Worth commiting any gig-relevant instruments to memory, or at least as an initial reference for guiding mic selection prior to site recording. iirc it ran most of the orchestral gamut, my main thought was to hang onto it in case I found myself recording some classical. I'll try and dig it up.
Matthew Jacobs said:- Is "hearing" our weakest sense? And how difficult is it to improve it?
- Should we learn to recognize frequencies (such as 100Hz, 1KHz, 10KHz) or notes (such as Middle C3 130.81Hz A4 440Hz)?
- So far I know that frequency is affected by the speed of sound which is affected by Altitude, Pressure, Temperature, Humidity. Am I correct? and is there anything else?
grantlack said:Along this line, I've got a somewhat useful HTML-based chart floating around that shows the typical frequency bands of several instruments. Worth commiting any gig-relevant instruments to memory, or at least as an initial reference for guiding mic selection prior to site recording. iirc it ran most of the orchestral gamut, my main thought was to hang onto it in case I found myself recording some classical. I'll try and dig it up.
bitman said:Here is a free feedback trainer. It's free and might help.
http://johnsonaudioworks.com/html/downloads.html
Matthew Jacobs said:- Is "hearing" our weakest sense? And how difficult is it to improve it?
megajoe said:Actually it's our most sensitive sense.Matthew Jacobs said:- Is "hearing" our weakest sense? And how difficult is it to improve it?
Matthew Jacobs said:Now the question is still how can we learn to develop and improve our hearing?
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