Knowledge about typical source output influences perceived auditory distance
J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 111, Issue 5, pp. 1980-1983 (2002); (4 pages) John W. Philbeck and Donald H. Mershon Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695 Dr. Peter Lennox School of Technology, Faculty of Arts, Design and Technology University of Derby, UK e: p.len...@derby.ac.uk t: 01332 593155 -----Original Message----- From: sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu [mailto:sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu] On Behalf Of etienne deleflie Sent: 27 February 2013 08:59 To: Surround Sound discussion group Subject: Re: [Sursound] the power of doppler shift illusion Hi Dave, The paper Blauert cites is by Gardener, M.B (1969) ... this one: http://asadl.org/jasa/resource/1/jasman/v45/i1/p47_s1?isAuthorized=no (I dont have access to it right now) The abstract says the experiment included the use of both loudspeakers and voices. Blauert's wording suggests he is referring to the results using a real speaker . Maybe you can access the paper and give us more details. Etienne On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 6:48 PM, Dave Malham <dave.mal...@york.ac.uk> wrote: > Hi, > I don't have Blauert handy unfortunately, so perhaps someone could > enlighten me about how the study mentioned was conducted - real > whisperers or recordings? It pretty well has to be recordings - > because otherwise a whisper at 9 metres would pretty well be inaudible > (that being the whole point of whispering) - and amplified ones at > that, so doesn't this kind of make the whole thing pointless as the > experimental subject would be getting similar physical cues for the > distance and the close sounds.....enlighten me! > > Dave > > On 26 February 2013 11:58, etienne deleflie <edelef...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > In Blauert's Spatial Hearing (1997, p.45-46), he mentions a study, > > conducted in an anechoic chambre, where listeners consistently > > appraise > the > > sound of a whispering voice to be much closer than it physically is. > > When the whispering is 9m away, the perception is that it is no more > > than 3m away. Distance of speakers using normal speech is > > consistently judged accurately. It is not the recognition of certain > > qualities within the > sound > > of the whispering (cant be because it is actually 9m away), but > > rather > the > > identification of the sounding object itself that creates the > > impression > of > > proximity. Again, that's a Peircian index. It follows that when you > > hear someone whispering, they are close to you. Its a logical > > association, not one of similarity. > > > > > > > -- > 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 > -- http://etiennedeleflie.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20130227/4e276d8b/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound _____________________________________________________________________ The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and reserves the right to monitor email traffic. If you believe this email was sent to you in error, please notify the sender and delete this email. Please direct any concerns to info...@derby.ac.uk. _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
