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Convention Paper

Influence of the Listening Room in the Perception of a Musical Work

Authors: Valverde, Nelia; Fernández, Marcos D.; Ballesteros, José Antonio; Martinez, Leticia; Quintana, Samuel; González, Isabel

AES Convention 126 · Paper 7775 · May 2009

Abstract

The listening of the same musical composition generates a unique perception for every listener but, simultaneously, the specific acoustic

conditions of the chosen room have a decisive influence on the perception.

In order to evaluate such differences depending on the listening room, a musical work for choir has been composed and recorded with a HATS in an

anechoic room, in a reverberant room and in a normal room. With those records, surveys to professional musicians and non-expert listeners has been carried out, once they have previously heard the recording with headphones, and finally, the answers obtained have been evaluated in

order to determine the influence of the listening room in the perception of the musical work.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 126
AES Convention
126
Paper number
7775
Publication date
May 6, 2009
Session subject
Psychoacoustics and Perception
Affiliation
Escuela Universitaria Politécnica de Cuenca, Cuenca, Spain (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper