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This research is relevant to our Purifi AES Kenote thread.
Musicians are often better at hearing fine timing. For example in our music school we had a recording class that went from microphones to mix down and editing tape with a razor blade to fix things. At 15 inches per second on tape, a millimeter is about 2.6 miliseconds. Today's digital methods are much more civilized.
Ed Greene was teaching the class. Listened to a student edit and was concerned it didn't sound right. On further listening, he concluded the drummer was advancing the beat for artistic purposes.
This article is a controlled study showing the perception of just-noticeable difference of percussion instrument timing by musicians and non musicians. That contributes to the "subjective" perception of groove. It's subjective because it's complicated.
Musicians are often better at hearing fine timing. For example in our music school we had a recording class that went from microphones to mix down and editing tape with a razor blade to fix things. At 15 inches per second on tape, a millimeter is about 2.6 miliseconds. Today's digital methods are much more civilized.
Ed Greene was teaching the class. Listened to a student edit and was concerned it didn't sound right. On further listening, he concluded the drummer was advancing the beat for artistic purposes.
This article is a controlled study showing the perception of just-noticeable difference of percussion instrument timing by musicians and non musicians. That contributes to the "subjective" perception of groove. It's subjective because it's complicated.
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