fractalz
Power User
So, I had a crap rehearsal yesterday due to being distracted by my boomy / shrill patches that, of course, I created at low volume. This is one consequence of the the way we hear sounds at different SPL and is a familiar discussion on these forums, just search for "Fletcher-Munson".
I was annoyed enough to read through a number of research papers and have come up with a way to model equal loudness response curves and create IRs that would allow one to:
1. dial in tones at bedroom levels and then apply a correction to make them sound the same at stage volume
2. dial in tones at bedroom level previewing them as they would sound at stage volume
3. dial in tones at stage volume then play them at bedroom levels with an inverse correction to sound the same
Understanding that "bedroom level" and "stage level" mean different things to different people, a complete solution would include a set of IRs that represent a range of differences between these levels to apply the appropriate correction.
I believe I have the solution and am going to start working on this for my own use. However, I'm open to sharing the results and thought I'd see how much interest there is from the forum here. I figure these would sell for something like the price of a cab pack ($30 - $50 USD) and if enough people are willing to pay, it would make it worth the extra effort to build out the complete set of forward- and inverse- IRs, package them up and release them.
I'll post more info and examples as I make progress. In the meantime, please cast your vote on the included poll and/or register your interest by shooting me a dollar (or fifty) at paypal.me/zazula.
I was annoyed enough to read through a number of research papers and have come up with a way to model equal loudness response curves and create IRs that would allow one to:
1. dial in tones at bedroom levels and then apply a correction to make them sound the same at stage volume
2. dial in tones at bedroom level previewing them as they would sound at stage volume
3. dial in tones at stage volume then play them at bedroom levels with an inverse correction to sound the same
Understanding that "bedroom level" and "stage level" mean different things to different people, a complete solution would include a set of IRs that represent a range of differences between these levels to apply the appropriate correction.
I believe I have the solution and am going to start working on this for my own use. However, I'm open to sharing the results and thought I'd see how much interest there is from the forum here. I figure these would sell for something like the price of a cab pack ($30 - $50 USD) and if enough people are willing to pay, it would make it worth the extra effort to build out the complete set of forward- and inverse- IRs, package them up and release them.
I'll post more info and examples as I make progress. In the meantime, please cast your vote on the included poll and/or register your interest by shooting me a dollar (or fifty) at paypal.me/zazula.