90--110 DB (very OT)

Richard Moody remoody@midstatesd.net
Mon, 2 Dec 2002 23:43:25 -0600


>
> Beat frequency detection is really a perceptual phenomenon
>that lets us determine the periodicity (i.e. the fundamental)
>of a sound without energy being present at the fundamental.

Say what ??




> If we are presented with 400+500+600,
> provided the relative phasing of these components doesn't drift,
we >hear100.  This is called the "missing fundamental" effect.

Who calls this the missng fundamental effect?






> However, in order to experience this perceptual phenomenon, we
must first be
> able to hear 400-600 Hz.
>

I see a 2:3 ratio which I would expect to hear as a perfect
 5th. ---rm



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