Re: Sonels and Splash

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Date: Sun Jul 15, 2012 2:16 pm ((PDT))

Peter Shute wrote:

> Robin Parmar wrote:
> "Certainly a listener would be able to distinguish a lot more than 3 or e=
ven 9 distinct sound source positions... likely more than 20. This makes se=
nse when one considers that we hear a moving source in the stereo field tra=
cing a smooth path, and not jumping from one discrete position to another."
>
> Is it possible that the image of a moving source isn't really as smooth a=
s it seems, due to our brains filling in the gaps?

Indeed, yes, especially when one considers that all hearing involves the br=
ain "filling in the gaps"!

However the research that shows a 1 to 4 MAA (frequency determined) would s=
eem to support at least 40 discernible positions on the horizontal plane al=
one.

-- Robin Parmar