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The Effect of Acoustic Environment on Reverberation Level Preference

Reverberation plays a very important role in modern music production. The available literature is minimal concerning the interaction between reverberation preference and the listening environment used during critical balancing tasks. Highly trained subjects are tasked with adding reverberation to a fixed stereo mix in two different environments: a standard studio control room and a highly reflective mix room. Distributions of level preference are shown to be narrower for more reflective mixing environments, and the mean level is below those set in a less reverberant environment.

Authors: Leonard, Brett; King, Richard; Sikora, Grzegorz
Affiliations: McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Bang & Olufsen Deutschland GmbH, Pullach, Germany(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Convention:133 (October 2012) Paper Number:8742 Import into BibTeX
Subject:Auditory Perception

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