A listening test was performed to find the changes in perceived loudness for differing crest factors of octave bands of pink noise as a result of limiting. Each octave band had a continuous and a transient sample of which both had five samples ranging from an uncompressed to a compressed with a difference of 4 dB FS crest factor calculation with increments of 1 dB FS. Two playback levels of 50 dB SPL and 70 dB SPL were used. The perceived loudness followed the RMS change within the pink noise; however certain octave bands appeared to have a non-linear relationship between loudness perception and crest factor changes.

Authors: Wendl, Mark; Lee, Hyunkook
Affiliation: University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK
AES Convention: 138 (May 2015) Paper Number: 9279
Publication Date: May 6, 2015 Import into BibTeX
Subject: Perception
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