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Week 3: Lecture b
Spatialization

I. Introduction

A. Announcements

B. Content

II. Spatialization

A. Introduction

B. Stereophonic Location

1. Definition

a) Location of a sound source on the left-right axis of the stereo array

b) Different types of sound sources

(1) Point Source

(2) Spread Source

(3) Divided Source

(4) Moving Sources

(a) Gradual Motion

(b) Discrete Motion

2. Examples

C. Environment

1. Definition

a) Room in which a sound source seems to resonate

b) Can be all kinds of rooms or environment

(1) Cathedral

(2) Bathroom

(3) No rooms at all, etc.

2. Examples

D. Distance

1. Definition

a) Apparent location of the sound source on the front-back axis

b) Combination of parameters that gives the impression of distance

(1) Loudness

(2) Distance to microphone

(3) Environment

(4) But especially: Timbre resolution, or timbre definition (example of the boat)

2. Distance evaluation is a relative process

a) Voice closer than the guitar

b) Voice in this section much closer than in the verse, etc.

c) Can also be described using cinema vocabulary

(1) Close up

3. Examples

E. Next lecture: Timbre and Time

III. Reading and Listening

A. Reading

1. Macan, Edward, Rocking the Classics, p. 30-56.

B. Listening

1. Continue the graph for "Roundabout"