[Lorin David Schultz]

Paul Stamler wrote:

Yeah, but he was saying that the huge changes in response are not
particularly audible, even though they're easily measurable.


Until last week I would have agreed. Now, I'm not so sure.

I got up to stretch during the news one day last week. I walked away to
take a sip of coffee, and remained standing when I returned to the
console. After a few moments I realized something was horribly wrong
with the sound! I sat down to begin troubleshooting and the problem was
gone. There wasn't anything wrong, I'd just heard the dramatic effect
of my ears being in a different position relative to the speakers and
room boundaries.

Between room reflections and the directional characteristics of the
speaker, the sound obviously changes significantly when you move around.
You're right Paul, the brain usually compensates for that. Not always
though. I often have to slide around and/or turn a little at the board
during the show, and I'm often quite aware of how the sound has changed
with the position of my head. In fact, sometimes when I'm bored I
slowly turn my head side-to-side and realize how much I miss my old Boss
Phaser pedal! g

Again, you're right that I *usually* don't notice, but sometimes I do.
In the case of standing up, it was startling. Maybe it was because it
was a change in the *vertical* plane, something I don't do very often,
so it was an unfamiliar difference. Perhaps the more familiar we are
with the "correct" position, the more sensitive we become to variations?

--
"It CAN'T be too loud... some of the red lights aren't even on yet!"
- Lorin David Schultz
in the control room
making even bad news sound good

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