Comments on: Psychoacoustics of Non-linear Horror Sound and Music

By: darren noakes

darren noakes — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 07:50:20 +0000

would anyone know where I could get a sample of a on linear sound on its own, i.e. not embedded within a piece of music, for a psychology seminar?

By: uberaudio

uberaudio — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 01:03:10 +0000

I find it interesting that while volume past the point of control is required to produce the non-linear color of these sounds, it is not required to elicit the desired emotional response. A soft scream (or other non-linear sound) in the distance is all that is required to produce the response because its the timbre that tells the audience to feel uneasy, not the volume. It’s also interesting that sound designers have been using this psycho-acoustic principle to their advantage since the 30’s even though this article was published only recently.

By: Tom@fullsail

Tom@fullsail — Fri, 28 May 2010 13:29:21 +0000

Great article! It teaches us (at a deeper level) something that we already knew. I never thought of why this technique worked, but this kind of information makes it more of a true tool, then just a trick.