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[M. Erik Matlock]

A User’s Guide to Hearing
The design and care of an audio professional's most valuable tools.
By Andy Coules • March 25, 2019

Of all the tools at the disposal of the sound engineers, our ears are probably the most important yet also the most overlooked. Much like any other tool it helps to fully understand how they work to get the most out of them and ensure a productive working life – because if they break, that’s it, we can’t just go out and buy a new pair.

Ears are transducers, devices that receive signals in one form of energy and convert them to another. In this case, vibrations are converted into electrical signals which are then interpreted by the brain. Microphones perform a similar job; however, no mic exists that can come close to the frequency response and dynamic sensitivity of the human ear, which explains why we use so many different mics to capture a wide array of sound sources...

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