> > ELC: Visual cues may play part in this ability, too, but I fully agree > with you: The sound-source direction is unambiguous in certain situations. > This is why I wish to include multiple subs in my forthcoming experiments. > Another common myth is how much the Doppler Effect plays in our perception > of an object moving towards or away from us. A car moving towards us will > have a constant, albeit upwardly shifted, frequency. There is no frequency > change until the moment the car passes. Note that I selectively use the > word frequency, not pitch. Perceived pitch DOES change, but is a function > of increasing intensity, not a constantly-changing frequency.
do you mean increasing intensity of the whole frequency spectrum, or just the increasing intensity of the higher frequencies? Higher frequencies are more perceivable, but that will be a function of a change in frequency spectrum, more than an increase in intensity. Would it not? Etienne -- http://etiennedeleflie.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20130225/383622c3/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
