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@Mark: anyway, that's a strange approch for the brain! It seems that listen to "warm" music of vinyl for some people its better. Well, nostalgia apart: if we are able to "distingush" between foundamental sound and "harsh" added by environments (in this case, vinyl color), this shouldn't care anymore! Instead, having it (the warm added by vinyl) "running" alongside the sound (if it's correct says this) add some benefits. Are we sure the brain "distinguish" sound in the deep? The same for every "component" (analog) we use for "add" automatic color. In fact we feel them...
Anyway @DoritoStyle: looks at the image I've uploaded in the question. That's a "sound" defined by a synth which will play a sine (foundamental) + that bunch of partials, each with different level. One I've made the recordings and I'll reproduce this sound on different environments, the levels of each partials with changes, right? Most of the time, I can hear (printed in my mind) the same sound. How can it would be possible if the "spectrum" change? Which are the limits of timbre change till I can feel a different sound?
Thats what I cant catch. How it is able to catch foundamental when it doesnt know the "artist" idea behind it. Probably I guess thats enforced by the experience... Damn Pretty fascinating...
Yes, but here I'm not talking about "color" added by other sources (such as reflections, which are able to identify, having experienced ears of course). But why we can "catch" the same sound if the spectrum (partials level) will change every time. Is it that partial level doesn't count so much in defining the sound? i.e. why with different waveform (changing some overtones, using a synth for example) I can hear the same sound?
