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Re: Comparing noise

Subject: Re: Comparing noise
From: Klas Strandberg <>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 01:08:12 +0200
That's a completely different thing.

Klas

At 18:36 2005-10-11, you wrote:
>SpectraFoo can show at a glance the noise signature. Given two files,
>capture a screenshot for a visual reference! Usually it only shows what
>the ears can tell, but you can read directly the frequency of the noise
>spectrum.
>
>Lou Judson =95 Intuitive Audio
>415-883-2689
>
>On Oct 11, 2005, at 5:48 AM, Klas Strandberg wrote:
>
> > This is how I compare noise:
> >
> > I make two recordings with the same reference. Then I paste in about
> > 2-3
> > seconds of one of the recordings into the other recording. Listening to
> > this file, hearing one noise 2-3 sec and then next noise for 2-3 sec
> > is in
> > my ears the best way to compare.
> >
> > Even such a comparison can be tricky. With my Beyer headphones I get
> > one
> > mic a little noisier than the other (noisier =3D more audible) while I
> > get
> > the reverse result when using my loudspeakers.
> >
> > The brain can easily get "set" at a judgement. It learns a certain
> > noise
> > and adds the subjective value "noisiest" to this noise character.
> > Therefore
> > one has to test ones hearing many times, starting the replay of the
> > file
> > without knowing where, so that one doesn't know which mic / amp that
> > one is
> > listening to. One also has to put the headphones the other way.
> >
> > Klas.
>
>
>
>
>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
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>
>
>

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