Monitoring Sound in the One-Person Environment

With the growth of personal computers as display devices for media has come the need to monitor sound accompanying images on these systems. Many of the same parameters that constitute the capabilities of large-scale systems also need to be addressed in small-scale ones in order to produce similar experiences of the program material. These include frequency range and response over the range, dynamic range, and stereo imaging capabilities. In addition, some new problems also arise, such as those brought about by being so close to the loudspeakers, and the difficult acoustical environment faced by the loudspeakers. Several methods are described which make the desktop environment useful in making professional judgments of sound usually reserved for calibrated monitoring systems in motion-picture dubbing stages. Having such a system extends the utility of digital audio and video workstations. Performance data is given.

Published

1996-10

Content type

Original Research

DOI

10.5594/M00128

ISBN

978-1-61482-925-6