Re: [AUDITORY] Research Question (Leon van Noorden )


Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Research Question
From:    Leon van Noorden  <leonvannoorden@xxxxxxxx>
Date:    Sun, 29 Oct 2017 21:17:54 +0100
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--Apple-Mail=_D73202F5-5DE8-43FC-A79B-B6243F945E53 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Dear Rita, Dear List, I have noticed that some sounds can give rise to combination tones, of = which you feel that they are generated in your ear. This can cause goose bumps.=20 In the PhD thesis of Reinier Plomp you can find, if I am right, how to = generate the strongest combination tones. Best Leon van Noorden > On 24 Oct 2017, at 13:20, ULStudent:RITA.MC CARTHY = <14151421@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >=20 > Hi Guys, >=20 > I am in my final year in the University of Limerick, so this year I = have had to come up with a final year project, mine is, "Is it possible = to make synthetic sounds sound real and also, can they carry the same = affect of emotion to the listener as the real deal would?" This is all = in the horror genre. I have had to gather some horror sounds to work = with but I would also like other peoples opinion on what is considered a = scary sound to them. By the end of my fourth year I will hopefully have = an installation here at my university, where the listener sits in a dark = room, 3D sound, so speakers on high, mid and low level of the walls, and = a narrative sound design playing around them. >=20 > So my question is to you, what is a sound that you find = chilling/scary? >=20 > I would appreciate any feedback you could give me. >=20 > Kind Regards, >=20 > Rita --Apple-Mail=_D73202F5-5DE8-43FC-A79B-B6243F945E53 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dus-ascii"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D""><div class=3D"">Dear Rita, Dear List,</div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">I have noticed that some sounds can = give rise to combination tones, of which you feel that they are = generated in your ear.</div><div class=3D"">This can cause goose = bumps.&nbsp;</div><div class=3D"">In the PhD thesis of Reinier Plomp you = can find, if I am right, how to generate the strongest combination = tones.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">Best</div><div class=3D"">Leon van Noorden</div><div = class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><br class=3D""><div><blockquote = type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On 24 Oct 2017, at 13:20, = ULStudent:RITA.MC CARTHY &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:14151421@xxxxxxxx"= class=3D"">14151421@xxxxxxxx</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div = id=3D"divtagdefaultwrapper" dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=3D""><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=3D"">Hi = Guys,</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" = class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px;" class=3D"">I am in my final year in the University = of Limerick, so this year I have had to come up with a final year = project, mine is, "Is it possible to make synthetic sounds sound real = and also, can they carry the same affect of emotion to the listener as = the real deal would?" This is all in the horror genre. I have had to = gather some horror sounds to work with but I would also like other = peoples opinion on what is considered a scary sound to them. By the end = of my fourth year I will hopefully have an installation here at my = university, where the listener sits in a dark room, 3D sound, so = speakers on high, mid and low level of the walls, and a narrative sound = design playing around them.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px;" class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=3D"">So my question = is to you, what is a sound that you find chilling/scary?</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" = class=3D"">I would appreciate any feedback you could give me.</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" = class=3D"">Kind Regards,</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px;" class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" = class=3D"">Rita</div></div></div></blockquote></div><br = class=3D""></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_D73202F5-5DE8-43FC-A79B-B6243F945E53--


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