Re: About importance of "phase" in sound recognition

[Kevin Austin <kevin.austin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

When I first learned that phase was not important to hearing, it was in a specific context. It was, (for example) with a sawtooth wave, invert it. It will sound the same, even though it is 180° out of phase. Therefore [?] the phase of the signal can be shifted by 180° (or inverted), and the ear is insensitive to this.

Kevin


Emad has written (taken out of context): 
>> ...  I'm exactly talking about what is called  "insensitivity to phase".