(September 10, 2016 at 4:10 pm)Alex K Wrote: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4685...ngnote.mp3The ability to hear differences in a single pitch probably isn't that high. However, the ability to hear the HARMONIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN pitches is epic. If you take a perfectly-tuned perfect fifth and detune it even a little bit, you can start to hear the "wah wha wahhhhh" from interference among the notes right away.
How far in do you think you still hear differences in pitch?
This means that our ability to tell the difference between pitches is almost infinitely better than our ability to tell the difference between different colors. That's why, for example, I can't use MIDI (which uses cents) in my tuning project. It's also why real audiophiles will never accept digital media as being better than a really good record player: the interference patterns lead to whistles, hums and buzzes that normally-gifted listeners don't notice. I, for one, can't hear the difference-- but I can totally understand how/why it's there.
