The area of auditory adaptation is of central importance to a recording engineer operating in unfamiliar or less-than-ideal acoustic conditions. This study prompts expert listeners to perform a controlled level-balancing task while exposed to three different acoustic conditions. The length of exposure is varied to test the role of adaptation on such a task. Results show that there is a significant difference in the variance of participants’ results when exposed to one condition for a longer period of time. In particular, subjects seem to most easily adapt to reflective acoustic conditions.
Authors:
King, Richard; Leonard, Brett; Levine, Scott; Sikora, Grzegorz
Affiliations:
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Skywalker Sound, San Francisco, CA, USA; Bang & Olufsen Deutschland GmbH, Pullach, Germany(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Convention:
135 (October 2013)
Paper Number:
8959
Publication Date:
October 16, 2013
Subject:
Recording and Production
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