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On Tuesday 01 January 2013 14:17:22 Al Thompson did opine:
> On 01/01/2013 12:23 PM, Thomas Vecchione wrote:

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> > The way our ears work, what frequency we actually hear shifts slightly

> > with intensity.  There is a great book on acoustics by F. Alton

> > Everest that goes into this a bit in one of the earlier chapters.  I

> > am still reading through all of it, but it is an interesting

> > phenomenon.  Pitch is in actuality a subjective form of Frequency, not

> > objective, and this is reflected in this phenomenon.

>

> This is something you learn VERY early on if you mix monitors for a

> living.  If you've got someone who sings consistently flat (especially

> lead singers), turn their monitor DOWN about 3-4 dB, no matter how much

> they scream and yell about it.

>

> The audience will thank you profusely.

Humm, I wonder if this is why much of Johnny Cash's work has him 25 to 50

cents flat.  He was back on key for a while after the tonsillectomy.
Cheers, Gene

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