Chapter 2. Sound and Hearing
When we make a recording, in effect we’re actually capturing and storing sound into a memory media so that an original event can be re-created at a later date. If we start with the idea that sound is actually a concept that describes the brain’s perception and interpretation of a physical auditory stimulus, the examination of sound can be divided into four areas:
The basics of sound
The characteristics of the ear
How the ear is stimulated by sound
The psychoacoustics of hearing.
By understanding the physical nature of sound and the basics of how the ears change a physical phenomenon into a sensory one, we can discover how to best convey this science into the subjective art forms of music, sound recording and production. ...
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