AES PNW Presents — Audio Signals vs. the Ear: Time, Frequency, and Bandwidth Revisited

Often, we take our hearing for granted and as audio engineers, ignoring what is perhaps our most important tool is not entirely prudent. James D. (jj) Johnston, one of our resident experts, takes on an explanation of our hearing as well as hearing-related phenomena, covering the topic from sound production, room acoustics, physiology of hearing and psychoacoustics. This is a lot of material to cover, so the presentation is split into two sessions, with a break in-between.
Agenda

Part 1 – Meeting begins

How sound gets to the brain (at normal levels)
Sound – how it’s created and propagates
Acoustics of rooms
Acoustics of the head/outer ear
Middle ear behavior
Cochlear analysis (30 minute intermission + mingle)

Part 2 – What happens after it goes down the auditory nerve?

Monaural processing
Masking
Pre-echo
Binaural processing
Time correlation
Frequency correlation
Masking effects
Selective post processing

4:00p – Meeting concludes + post-meeting open chat online

Registration: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/aes-pnw-presents-audio-signals-vs-the-ear-time-frequency-and-bandwidth-revisited