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Why
DECIBELS ?
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LOUDNESS
perception:
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also LOGARITHM of the
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physical
variable (intensity).
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Fechner
(1860) noticed: equal
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steps
of perceived loudness
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actually
multiples of each other
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in
intensity. Logarithmic
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Defined:
log scale (Bel)
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10 log10 (I / Ith) Decibels:
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Threshold: 0 dB: (1/1010
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atmospheric
pressure)
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Max:
5,000,000 larger in
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amplitude,
1013 in power
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HUGE
range.
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Encodes
loudness
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Adapts
to this huge range
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(like
light intensity)
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