Transcript The Fundamentals of Hearing

Head_Space
A Binaural
Audio project
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Percussive Musical Composition
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Research notes
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Sample recordings
Physiology
Physiology
Composition
“Any sound is acceptable to the composer
of percussion music; he explores the
academically forbidden ‘non-musical’ field of
sound insofar as is manually possible.” John Cage, Silence
Recording
Microphones: SP-TFB-2’s
9V auxiliary in-line power supply
Logic Pro Studio 8
M-Audio Firewire 410
Percussive instruments (drums, cymbals,
shakers, analog & digital noise makers)
Duplex Theory
“Interaural level is a cue used for locating
high-frequency sounds. Interaural time is
the cue used to locate any sound with low
frequencies or any high-frequency
complex sound with a low-frequency
repetition in the time-domain waveform.” William Yost, The Fundamentals of
Hearing
Studio Set up
Sound Localization
Properties of sound (frequency, amplitude,
spectrum, timbre, etc.)
Physiology & sound (HRTF, ITD, ILD)
Recording Best Practices
Musical References
Wendy Carlos - Sonic Seasonings
Pauline Oliveros / Stuart Dempster /
Panaiotis - Deep Listening
Pierre Henry - Messe Pour Les Temps
Present
Quiet American field recordings
Thanks.
Questions?