Precise tuning forks revealed auditory phenomena digital tools still struggle to match
Evidence
Electrical and acoustical measurements have been with us a long time, and we became very good at doing them a long time ago. Now we can do them faster and less expensively, and we are able to measure more dimensions, but good data from decades ago is as trustworthy as good data from today. The problem in audio was that the data were limited, in analog form and not easy to interpret. Now, with more data, all in digital form, it is possible to manipulate it in ways that were impossible or impractical in the analog era. It is possible to create versions of the data that bear a closer relationship to what we hear than the raw data itself. — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 170 (
#contradicts, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Measurement method changes how broad auditory tuning appears.; Current acoustic models cannot explain how experts distinguish fine timbre differences between instruments; Digital processing makes measurements better approximate what we hear — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 170
Broader Connections
- Current acoustic models cannot explain how experts distinguish fine timbre differences between instruments
#corroborates(0.85) - Digital processing makes measurements better approximate what we hear
#contradicts(0.80) — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 170 - Measurement method changes how broad auditory tuning appears.
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