Xergio Cordoba Psycoacoustics...Masn' live...

RE: Xergio Cordoba Psycoacoustics...Masn' live..., posted on April 14, 2015 at 13:32:28
fantja Audiophile Posts: 15524 Location: Alabama Joined: September 11, 2010	Interesting...

me thinks its the "Missing Fundamental", posted on April 15, 2015 at 08:39:26
Zipcord Manufacturer Posts: 707 Location: No. California Joined: December 19, 2002	Waves "Maxbass" should take note. It's perceived low frequencies.

RE: Xergio Cordoba Psycoacoustics...Masn' live..., posted on April 15, 2015 at 15:55:37

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Ha! Old as the hills.

While the article is devoid of techniques or specifics, he makes a point of saying that it's based upon psychoacoustics, says that it's the same kind of thing which is done in the studio, and their website says that their process eliminates low frequencies. These all point to long-standing techniques used to mix and master recorded music, and for live sound mixing.

Whether chopping the very low end, bumping up the mid-bass, limiting the peaks in the mid and upper range, etc., this is not new. The only thing which appears to be new is that they've arrived at a set of parameters which they've built into a hardware processor, possibly also including some ability to reduce boominess such as a parametric EQ - although I'm just surmising.

Given that most nightclub and local band sound guys are clueless about many factors which affect the quality of the sound, and how to manage them, maybe having an idiot-proof box to help improve the sound is a good thing.

:)

Leibhaber and Kenner, posted on April 17, 2015 at 22:56:35

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A nice brief abstract and some of the article itself.

"Abstract:

Two fundamental categories of non-professional musicianship types flourished during the eighteenth century: the expert (Kenner) and the amateur (Liebhaber). Though often conceived as self-evident, these two concepts in fact raise various interpretative difficulties. This article discuses these difficulties with reference to some examples from C. P. E. Bach's famous F�r Kenner und Liebhaber set, and, based on Kant's concepts of Taste and Genius and Goethe's concept of Dilettantism, proposes that the meanings of Kenner and Liebhaber can be understood not only in terms of hierarchical differentiation or shared ideal of perception, but as two equally-important musical conducts, required for composers and audiences alike (depending on context)."

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