On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Tyler Leavitt <[email protected]> wrote: > 10ms is around the human-ear latency, so anything at that level or below > should be good enough for guitar/drumming (this is anectodtal... Iḿ not sure > the exact science behind it). Ive never had a problem with my friends older > 13" MacBook Pro used as a guitar FX box. > > Tyler
I believe the phenomenon you're describing is called "loudness integration." However, I can't find any good citations available on the internet to back it up--here's something that *might* be applicable: Plack, C. J., & Moore, B. C. J. (1990). Temporal window shape as a function of frequency and level. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 87, 2178–2187. The basic idea is that the cochlea is fed a series of waves and a particular place on the basilar membrane resonates most for a given frequency. The instantaneous power delivered is low, so the power needs to accumulate before the stimulus is strong enough to be perceived. As I recall, it takes about 20 ms to reach a steady state, but it's been a while since I've read anything about it. Chuck _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
