On January 1, 2013 07:26:42 PM Al Thompson wrote:
> On 01/01/2013 02:20 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > The way our ears work, what frequency we actually hear shifts slightly
> >
> >>> with intensity. There is a great book on acoustics by F. Alton
> >>> Everest that goes into this a bit in one of the earlier chapters. I
> >>> am still reading through all of it, but it is an interesting
> >>> phenomenon. Pitch is in actuality a subjective form of Frequency, not
> >>> objective, and this is reflected in this phenomenon.
> >>
> >> This is something you learn VERY early on if you mix monitors for a
> >> living. If you've got someone who sings consistently flat (especially
> >> lead singers), turn their monitor DOWN about 3-4 dB, no matter how much
> >> they scream and yell about it.
> >>
> >> The audience will thank you profusely.
> >
> > Humm, I wonder if this is why much of Johnny Cash's work has him 25 to 50
> > cents flat. He was back on key for a while after the tonsillectomy.
> >
> > Cheers, Gene
>
> Well, some people just sing flat. (Bob Dylan comes to mind). No amount
> of monitor magic will fix tone-deafness.
Turn on the "Auto-Ruin" !
Tim.
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