relative frequencies?

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Typo Szar
Member Since: Jul 04, 2002

There was another post that got me thinking, the one about "frequency conflict", after reading it i remember also hearing how different frequencies effect an overall sound. Mostly on this board we usually talk about muddiness and cancellation, but some of the videos ive seen and what not have hinted at something along the lines of, boost this frequency to make this completely different one make less of an impact, or using these frequencies will make this other frequency more pleasing.
Question is, does anyone have a more comprehensive article on the use of frequencies in mixing. things like the psychology of listeners and reactions to certain freq. or just anything else thatd be cool to know. There might be nothing i guess, but if people study sound for years in college, ud think there'd be more than just cancellation...

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Administrator
Since: Apr 03, 2002


Mar 30, 2007 09:12 am

Sounds like a good idea for an article...assuming you are talking about frequency harmonics and such, that being frequencies that affect each other up and down the spectrum...I can't think of an article at the moment, I am sure they are out there...

Typo Szar
Member
Since: Jul 04, 2002


Mar 30, 2007 09:24 am

Yeah, thats probably wat im gettin at, based on the fact my knowledge of the spectrum is barely a chip on the tip of the iceberg that is sound knowledge.

Administrator
Since: Apr 03, 2002


Mar 30, 2007 09:54 am

Yeah, thats about where I stand too...I count on HarBal to know all that crap...

Ne'er ate 'er
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Since: Apr 05, 2006


Mar 30, 2007 11:46 am

The scientific term for what you're referring to is "psychoacoustics". Google it. There's a lot of information there.

Czar of Turd Polish
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Since: Jun 20, 2006


Mar 30, 2007 02:13 pm

Never heard of it, sounds interesting. Work is slow today, time to do some reading.

Typo Szar
Member
Since: Jul 04, 2002


Mar 30, 2007 10:25 pm

I wiki'd it, pretty interesting stuff. I side tracked into the auditory illusions section... trippy!
I'm thinking that "masking" might be a big issue for mixing? using one sound to mask properities in the other?

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