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SOUND PRESSURE,
POWER AND LOUDNESS
MUSICAL ACOUSTICS
Science of SoundChapter 6
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DECIBEL SCALES
Decibel scales are used to compare two quantities (levels) ΔL = L 2 - L 1 = 10 log W2/W1
or to compare a level with a reference level LW = 10 log W/W0 LW = Sound power level (in dB) W = Sound power (in W/m2)
Example: What is the sound power level of a loudspeaker with W = 0.1 W? LW= 10 log 0.1/10-12 = 110 dB
What is the dB gain of an amplifier when the power gain is 400? 400 = 2x2x100, so the dB gain is 3+3+20 = 26 dB
4 The decibel scale (Tracks 8,9,10)
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Sound intensity level (LI or SIL)
LI = 10 log I/I0 where I0 = 10 -12 W/m2
Example: What is LI when I = 10-4 W/m2 ? LI = 10 log 10-4/10-12 = 10(8) = 80 dB
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FREE FIELDI = W/4πr2
at r = 1 m:
LI = 10 log I/10-12
= 10 log W/10-12 – 10 log 4
= LW - 11
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HEMISPHERICALFIELD
I = W/2r2
at r = l m LI = LW - 8
Note that the intensity I 1/r2 for both free and
hemispherical fields; therefore, LI decreases 6 dB for each doubling of distance
4 Decibel scale (free-field speech) Track 11
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SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL
Our ears respond to extremely small pressure fluctuations p
Intensity of a sound wave is proportional to the sound Pressure squared: I = p2 /ρc ρ = density ρc ≈ 400 c = speed of sound
We define sound pressure level:
Lp = 20 log p/p0 p0 = 2 x 10-5 Pa (or N/m2)(or SPL)
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TYPICAL SOUND LEVELS
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MULTIPLE SOURCES
Example:Two uncorrelated sources of 80 dB each will produce a sound level of 83dB (Not 160 dB)
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MULTIPLE SOURCES
What we really want to add are mean-squareaverage pressures (average values of p2)This is equivalent to adding intensities
Example: 3 sources of 50 dB each
Lp = 10 log [(P12+P2
2+P32)/P0
2] = 10 log (I1 + I2 + I3)/ I0)= 10 log I1/I0 + 10 log 3 = 50 + 4.8 = 54.8 dB
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SOUND PRESSURE and INTENSITYSound pressure level is measured with a sound level meter (SLM)Sound intensity level is more difficult to measure, and it requiresmore than one microphoneIn a free field, however, LI ≈ LP
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FOUR ATTRIBUTES USED TO DESCRIBE A SOUND:
•Loudness•Pitch•Timbre•Duration
EACH OF THESE DEPENDS ON ONE OR MORE PHYSICAL PARAMETERS THAT CAN BE MEASURED:
•Sound pressure•Frequency•Spectrum•Duration (measured) •Envelope
Relating the SUBJECTIVE QUALITIES to the PHYSICAL PARAMETERS that we can MEASURE OBJECTIVELYIs an important problem in PSYCHOACOUSTICS
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DEPENDENCE OF SUBJECTIVE QUALITIES OF SOUND ON PHYSICAL PARAMETERS
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LOUDNESS LEVEL
Contours of equal loudness are labeled phons At 1000 Hz, Loudness Level = Lp
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PLOT YOUR OWN FREQUENCY RESPONSE
ASSIGNMENT: Plot your own frequency response curves by using
www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/hearing.html
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HOW DOES LOUDNESS DEPEND ON
FREQUENCY?
Don’t confuse loudness levelExpressed in phons) with loudness (expressed in sons)
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7 Loudness scaling (Tracks 19-20)
The reference tone plus the strongest and weakest noise samples
Twenty noise samplesWrite down the loudness on a scale where the reference sound is 100
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7 Loudness scaling (Tracks 19-20)
The reference tone plus the strongest and weakest noise samples
Twenty noise samplesWrite down the loudness on a scale where the reference sound is 100
Test tone levels were +15,-5,-20, 0, -10,+20,+5,+10,-15, 0,-10,+15,+20,-5,+10,-15,-5,-20,+5,+15 dB
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LOUDNESS SCALING
7 Loudness scaling (Track 19,20)
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LOUDNESS RESPONSE OF THE EAR
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LOUDNESS OF COMPLEX TONES
Loudness depends mainly on SOUND PRESSURE.
but it also depends on FREQUENCY, SPECTRUM and DURATION
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DEPENDENCE OF LOUDNESS ON BANDWIDTHCRITICAL BANDS
3 Critical bands by loudness comparison Track 7
The bandwidth of the test band is increased each time while the amplitude is decreased to keep the power constant. Note when the loudness begins to increase.
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DEPENDENCE OF LOUDNESS
ON BANDWIDTH
CRITICAL BANDS
3 Critical bands by loudness comparison Track 7
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LOUDNESS OF COMBINED SOUNDS
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JUST NOTICEABLE LEVEL DIFFERENCE
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LEVEL INCREMENT NEEDED TO DOUBLE LOUDNESS
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RANGE OF FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY OF THE EAR
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MUSICAL DYNAMICS AND LOUDNESS
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9 Asymmetry of masking (Track 22)
Count how many steps of the test tone can be heard in each case
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9 Asymmetry of masking (Track 22)
Count how many steps of the test tone can be heard in each case
Mpst people hear more steps when the masker is higher in frequency
10 Backward an d forward masking (Tracks 23-25)
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HOW DOES LOUDNESS DEPEND ON
PARTIAL MASKING?
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HOW DOES LOUDNESS DEPEND ON DURATION?
8 Temporal integration (Track 21) Noise bands of 1000,300,100, 30,10 , 3 and 1 ms are presented in 8 decreasing steps. Count the number you hear for each duration.
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LOUDNESS RECRUITMENT
UNUSUALLY RAPID GROWTH OF LOUDNESS ABOVE A CERTAIN THRESHOLD
GENERALLY ASSOCIATED WITH HEARING LOSS,BUT NORMAL LISTENERS EXPERIENCE IT FOR
TONES OF VERY HIGH OR VERY LOW FREQUENCY
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MONAURAL vs BINAURAL LOUDNESS
FOR SOFT SOUNDS (~20dB) BINAURAL LOUDNESS EXCEEDS MONAURAL LOUDNESS
BY A FACTOR OF 2
(CORRESPONDS TO ΔL = 8dB)
FOR LOUD SOUNDS (~80dB) BINAURALLOUDNESS EXCEEDS MONAURAL
LOUDNESS BY A FACTOR ~/.4
(CORRESPONDS TO ΔL = 6dB)
Zwicker & Fastl (1990)
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INTENSITY DISCRIMINATION AND CODING
AT LOW LEVELS, INTENSITY CHANGES CAN BESIGNALLED BOTH BY CHANGES IN FIRING RATES OF
NEURONS AT THE CENTER OF THE EXCITATIONPATTERN AND BY THE SPREADING OF THE EXCITATION
PATTERN (TO INCLUDE MORE NEURONS)
AT HIGH LEVELS, MOST NEURONS AT THE CENTER OF THE EXCITATION PATTERN ARE SATURATED, BUT
INTENSITY CHANGES ARE SIGNALLED BY CHANGESIN FIRING RATES AT THE EDGES.
AN INCREASE IN LEVEL ALSO MAY BE SIGNALLED BY INCREASED PHASE LOCKING TO THE TONE WHICH
RESULTS IN TEMPORAL REGULARITY OF NEURAL FIRINGS
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ASSIGNMENT FOR WEDESDAY
Exercises 2,4,5,6 (p. 119)Plot loudness scaling curve (log of loudness rating vs sound level)Re-read Chapter 7