[78-L] Jack Towers, truncating the high frequencies

[David Lennick]

On 12/26/2010 3:40 PM, Graham Newton wrote:
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> It is a well documented medical phenomenon, that as we get older our high
> frequency hearing ability declines, such that at 65 years of age the upper
> limit is about 1/2 of what an 18 year old person could hear.
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> I make more and more reference to the frequency displays in my equipment to
> confirm what is there and what I am hearing (or not hearing).
> The DK Audio Spectrum display or CEDAR Cambridge's Spectrum Analyzer (which is
> a lab quality device) are invaluable to make sure I am not making errors based
> on what I know that I can't hear any more.
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> Often, taking a known-to-be-excellent recording and displaying it's
> characteristics gives a good reference for what decisions you could or should
> be making when working on recordings.  Without these tools, older audio people
> can easily make errors that would be blatantly obvious to younger ears.
>
>

My hearing is still fine, but my SPEAKERS are totally shot. That makes for 
interesting speculative adjustments.

Alan Jay Lerner relates a wonderful story about Irving Berlin playing a new 
song he'd written for a score, and how with Irving's piano technique it sounded 
terrible. The producer looked worried, till someone said "Irving..play Blue 
Skies."  IT sounded terrible. The producer shouted "It's a great song, Irving."

dl