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Brian MacDonald
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Tue, 22 Aug 2000 13:03:37 -0700 (PDT)
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Re: [idm] a question about perception of sound
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On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Alex Reynolds wrote:
quoted 7 lines just curious, but is there anyone out there who is a sound engineer?> just curious, but is there anyone out there who is a sound engineer? > i'm wondering what the cut-off point is for most people, i.e. around > what bpm measure do our brains stop detecting beats and hear a > continuous sound, instead? i would think it varies from person to > person, but i wonder where and by how much... > > -a.
I think someone already mentioned this, but what the hey... 20 Hz ... or 1200 BPM, on average. ======================================================================= Brian MacDonald <brianm@kuci.org> KUCI 88.9 fM in Irvine, CA -- Orange County "I FOCUSED... THE MAGNIFYING GLASS... THAT BROUGHT THE DOWNFALL OF ICARUS!" ======================================================================= --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org