On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 10:58:44AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > I know it's idiotic, OTOH when do we ever wish to have knowledge about > objective 'twice as loud'? Did anybody ever thought 'shit, I need to mix > the snare objectively half as loud, but I don't know what's the correct > level'?
You're looking at it from the limited perspective of someone wanting to mix a recording. Asking what means 'twice as loud' is probably the wrong question. But we need to know the subjective effect of sound in order to: - develop efficient techniques for correcting noise related problems without overdoing it at gigantic cost, - draw up sensible legislation about noise pollution, - aid diagnosis or hearing problems, - etc. etc. Apart from that studying this reveals a lot of how our hearing system might actually work, which is an interesting subject in itself. Ciao, -- FA There are three of them, and Alleline. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list Linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
