Understanding psychoacoustics, how we perceive sound, can lead to better sound system designs as well as creative sound design. Let’s look at one psychoacoustic phenomenon—the precedence effect.

Ben Vida asks a lot of questions. In fact, asking questions — and rarely expecting to find an answer — might be the central tenet of the experimental composer’s voluminous body of work. Brooklyn-based ...

Psychoacoustics is the field pertaining to perception of sound by human beings. Incorporated within it are the physical interactions that occur between sound fields and the human head, outer ears, and ...

This collection seeks to advance our understanding of how sound is perceived and processed by biological systems, with a particular focus on the cognitive and psychological mechanisms underpinning ...

If you want your builds and drops to have the maximum uplifting, dancefloor-igniting effect, you really need to consider the pure science of sound as well as the practical, ‘engineering’ side of ...

Do our brains process natural voices and deepfake voices differently? Research conducted at the University of Zurich indicates that this is the case. In a new study, researchers have identified two ...

The discussion of localization so far has centered on locating a sound at a point in space. Real-world sources may be larger than point sources, and reverberation and diffuse ambiences are meant to be ...