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Isomorphic Mapping ✔Correct Answer-The concept of linking technical engineering equipment
parameters to auditory perceptions.
Naïve Listener ✔Correct Answer-someone who has never participated in a listening test, doesn't
listen to things for a living (like a recording engineer or a musician, for example) but who might have
some previous knowledge (right or wrong) about audio.
Experienced Listener ✔Correct Answer-someone who listens to audio regularly, but is probably not
trained in detecting or evaluating the particular attributes that you're interested in.
Expert Listener ✔Correct Answer-someone who has received a great deal of training in hearing the
attributes that you're researching. They have technical ear training skills and they regularly practice
and experiment with sounds. They will often conduct small AB or ABX type tests in order to better
train their acuity to the small details and artifacts of audio. They can pick up on most subtleties in
sound and can identify what is actually going on with the audio signal.
Trained Listener ✔Correct Answer-A trained subject is a person who has been specifically trained in
listening for the particular attribute you're investigating.
Subjective Listening ✔Correct Answer-based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or
opinions
Objective Listening ✔Correct Answer-to go beyond empathy and measure meanings and feelings
against some objective reality
Technical Ear Training ✔Correct Answer-a type of "perceptual
learning" - an increase in the ability to extract
information from the environment, as a result of
experience and practice with stimulation coming
from it.
Loudspeaker vs headphone listening ✔Correct Answer-Loudspeakers:
More true to life (we listen to music in social situations which require loudspeakers)
Physiological effects ("feeling" the beat)
Headphones:
-The acoustics of the room/speaker placement is taken out of the equation.
-Portable reference.
Panning is skewed
Recommended listening level in studios ✔Correct Answer-65 - 75dBSPL.
Occasionally check your bass and high-end at around 80 - 85dB.