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On 25/03/06, Lou Judson wrote: > Two responses: > > 1. I rarely deal with such small changes, so this is an extreme > example. > > 2. The real life example came from a mastering session where I was the > mix engineer, not the mastering one. In a discussion between the > artist and the mastering guy, she asked for a change, he made one, she > said "Great! Much better. how much did you change it?" He said, "One > tenth of a dB." Incredulous, she asked him to toggle it back and > forth, and the change was real. I think it was EQ, low or high end > response. > I was just the observer, but we could all distinguish the difference > on his $6,000 Dunleavy speakers... I might not be able to hear that > small a change on my humble Tannoys. > > And it is not just software - a good pot can change minute levels, and > always have been able to, though some high end controls use 1 dB > steps... Which IMO is much too big a step. > Heck, I can totally not hear something if I am distracted - or if > nearly asleep, a tiny, block away sound can wake me up. It is all so > psychological! Regards -- Don Cox [log in to unmask]