Re: [Sursound] NOT The Barber of Seville
And, indeed, the virtuoso percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie, who is profoundly deaf, reputedly 'hears' through her feet. Given how delicately she can play (she performs barefoot), she must have exceptional sensitivity in her feet. She claims to have trained herself to hear with other parts of her body than her ears (http://www.evelyn.co.uk/Resources/Essays/Hearing%20Essay.pdf). Gerard Lardner On 02/02/2013 06:52, Dave Malham wrote: Hi On 1 February 2013 22:35, Fons Adriaensen wrote: Most systems that try to deliver sound directly to the ears (this includes binaural, crosstalk cancellation etc.) ignore the fact that normally a listener is not clamped into a vise. Even binaural with head tracking only considers rotational movements, completely ignoring translational. That's not necessarily true in theory, but certainly is in practice :-) The ability to move our two acoustic sensors leads to capablities that are often ignored when describing the way some system is supposed to work (or not work). For example front/back resolution (which is not disputed), but in theory also resolving phase ambiguities well above the usual 700 Hz or so limit, identifying reflections as such, etc. The other thing that is widely ignored is that our ears are not the only way we perceive sound - I'm sure (well, at least I hope) Eric will confirm that even profoundly deaf people can perceive (particularly low bass) sounds through their direct effects on our bodies, which simply aren't stimulated at all by headphone presentations. Dave ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
Re: [Sursound] NOT The Barber of Seville
I knew sibilant vowel sounds can be perceived by our skin and I was recently reading about dental hearing aids - I would love to hear of any more. > > The other thing that is widely ignored is that our ears are not the > only way we perceive sound - I'm sure (well, at least I hope) Eric > will confirm that even profoundly deaf people can perceive > (particularly low bass) sounds through their direct effects on our > bodies, which simply aren't stimulated at all by headphone > presentations. > > Dave > > -- > As of 1st October 2012, I have retired from the University, so this > disclaimer is redundant > > > These are my own views and may or may not be shared by my employer > > Dave Malham > Ex-Music Research Centre > Department of Music > The University of York > Heslington > York YO10 5DD > UK > > 'Ambisonics - Component Imaging for Audio' > ___ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > -- 07580951119 augustine.leudar.com -- next part ------ An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20130202/2c020422/attachment.html> ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
[Sursound] LAC 2013: the Linux Audio Conference - Deadline Extension
sorry for >< please >> << Hi all, The Linux Audio Conference submission deadline has been extended! It is now February 17th, 2013 (23:59 HAST). So, if you were considering to submit a paper but couldn't make up your mind yet, here is your chance to become active! Never forget that this conference lives through the people participating in it. FEBRUARY 17th is the new deadline for all submission types: papers, music, installations, workshop proposals. Check out the link below more info: http://lac.linuxaudio.org/2013/participation Please spread this information to anyone who might be interested. If you have any questions, drop us a line at l...@linuxaudio.org We are looking forward to seeing you in Graz in May! Thanks and happy last-minute music-and-paper-submissions, the LAC2013 organization team --- LAC 2013: the Linux Audio Conference May 9-12, 2013 @ IEM, Graz/Austria l...@linuxaudio.org http://lac.iem.at ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
Re: [Sursound] NOT The Barber of Seville
Dave Malham wrote: Hi On 1 February 2013 22:35, Fons Adriaensen wrote: Most systems that try to deliver sound directly to the ears (this includes binaural, crosstalk cancellation etc.) ignore the fact that normally a listener is not clamped into a vise. Even binaural with head tracking only considers rotational movements, completely ignoring translational. That's not necessarily true in theory, but certainly is in practice :-) Yes, but you < could > calculate this, probably even with a reasonable effort. You would have to calculate a soundfield depending on your position relative to loudspeakers or sound sources (generalized), and to "correct" rotational movements (HT) in the 2nd stage. It might not be something trivial, but I would call this just a reduced version of WFS. If I am right, this can be done. The ability to move our two acoustic sensors leads to capablities that are often ignored when describing the way some system is supposed to work (or not work). For example front/back resolution (which is not disputed), but in theory also resolving phase ambiguities well above the usual 700 Hz or so limit, identifying reflections as such, etc. The other thing that is widely ignored is that our ears are not the only way we perceive sound - I'm sure (well, at least I hope) Eric will confirm that even profoundly deaf people can perceive (particularly low bass) sounds through their direct effects on our bodies, which simply aren't stimulated at all by headphone presentations. Dave And probably very high frequencies. (bone transmission) However, the fact that absolute perfection might not be feasible does not mean that we can't improve the existing headphones Best, Stefan ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
