How the ear hears frequency

How the ear hears frequency

David Mellor

David Mellor is CEO and Course Director of Audio Masterclass. David has designed courses in audio education and training since 1986 and is the publisher and principal writer of Adventures In Audio.

Monday August 24, 2020

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The ear doesn't hear frequency in a linear arithmetic way, but logarithmically. So the halfway point between 100 Hz and 1600 Hz isn't 850 Hz as you might expect. This video shows how and why, and finds out the halfway point of the full frequency range of human hearing.

David Mellor, Monday August 24, 2020

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