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On 01/01/2013 02:20 PM, Gene Heskett 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

Well, some people just sing flat.  (Bob Dylan comes to mind).  No amount

of monitor magic will fix tone-deafness.
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