Why do concert halls sound different David Griesinger为什么音乐厅的声音不同戴维格.pptVIP

Frequency response adaptation in binaural hearing David Griesinger Cambridge MA USA www.DavidG Introduction This paper proposes fundamental questions about the properties of human hearing (the topic of this conference) How do we localize sounds in the up/down and front/back planes? Are the methods used different for different individuals? Can binaural recordings made for one individual be made to work for another individual without head-tracking? Given the extremely non-uniform transfer of sound pressure from the soundfield to a human eardrum, how can we accurately perceive a frequency balance as “flat” Does a frequency balanced pink noise from a frontal loudspeaker sound balanced in frequency? If not, are commercial recordings, which are equalized using loudspeakers, actually frequency balanced? If not – in what ways are they biased? Better binaural technology A perplexing Discrepancy Recordings made with this technology provide excellent localization accuracy. But at least initially the timbre of the playback through carefully calibrated headphones seems incorrect. The frequencies around 3kHz seem too strong, and the bass is usually weaker than my memory of the performance. Checking and re-checking the calibrations has convinced me the recordings and the playback are correct. It is my memory of the performance that is flawed. The most reasonable explanation is that we continuously adapt to the frequency balance of sounds around us. We remember the timbre after such adaptation has taken place. A simple model of human hearing A simple model of human hearing-2 An example The author once noticed a gliding whistle while walking under an overhead ventilator slot that emitted broadband noise. Walking rapidly (~3.5mph) under that noise source produced a gliding whistle, somewhat like a Doppler shift. This is the uncorrected sound of the vertical HRTFs In spite of the lack of timbre correction the sound was correctly localized – even at much higher speeds. No timbre s