ABSTRACT “Heaviness” has been one of metal music's defining features in three decades
of metal scholarship. Research acknowledged its essential quality, but no comprehensive …

Featured Application The current study will be of interest to designers of professional audio
software and hardware devices as it will allow them to design their tools to increase or …

Metal music studies defines “heaviness” as the genre's sonic signature but has rarely
explored the sonics or the related discourse. This study analyzes message boards to …

The mastering engineer has many processing devices at their disposal. Typical mastering
processors include EQs (passive, parametric, graphic), de-essers, stereo enhancers …

ABSTRACT The Listener Envelopment (LEV) is, along with the Apparent Source Width
(ASW), an essential perceptual attribute of auditory Spatial Impression. The perception of …

In this paper, we propose a new processor capable of directly changing the microdynamics
of an audio signal primarily via a single dedicated user-facing parameter. The novelty of our …

Featured Application The model proposed in this work is expected to form the basis of a
perceptually motivated objective mix clarity model to be used in music production and music …

This commentary and the associated portfolio of publications examine the two formative
decades of metal music in the Federal Republic of Germany in the 1980s and 1990s from a …

This chapter explores the use of low order harmonic distortion as used in the creative
recording and mix processing of music. One of the fist choices made by engineers once …

Throughout the study of room acoustics, adverse effects and methods of controlling and
mitigating modal behavior are a well researched topic. However, despite this, a gap …