Re: Computational ASA -- how many sources can humans perceive? (Pawel Kusmierek )

Subject: Re: Computational ASA -- how many sources can humans perceive?
From:    Pawel Kusmierek  <p.kusmierek(at)NENCKI.GOV.PL>
Date:    Sat, 1 May 2004 13:56:13 +0200

Toth Laszlo said:
>>
> How much does this ability depend on training and/or
> talent? Is anyone able to learn it? Are there any data on this?
>

Here is some informal eveidence from an amateur music-lover. Once I bought
excellent headphones which provided an excellent separation and definition
of sources. After a year or something of experience with these headphones
I started to be able to follow more sources (melodic lines) than
previously in other situations, including concert listening and listening
with less-sophisticated equipment.

Pawel


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