Abstract
The field of psychological acoustics, or psychoacoustics, is extremely broad, encompassing many disciplines. Our approach here is to limit the subject to aspects of special interest to those involved in music technologies, such as recording, broadcasting, sound reinforcement, and electronic music.
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Eargle, J.M. (1995). Psychological Acoustics. In: Music, Sound, and Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5936-5_2
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