Klarinet Archive - Posting 001014.txt from 2000/05

From: alevin@-----. Levin)
Subj: Re: [kl] Tone -- online experiment
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 13:54:04 -0400

I, for one, would be happy to do so. Data isn't as amusing as speculation;
but it should ultimately cut down on the postings to this site!

Allen

At 07:16 PM 5/18/00 -0700, you wrote:
> Mark once said that this list has approximately 800 members. I
>think it would be interesting to try the following:
>
> If 1 out of every 10 of us has (or is willing to obtain) a copy of a
>specific recording -- say, Mozart or Brahms or Weber -- and rate this
>recording for 'darkness' on a scale of 1-10, we would end up with 80
>votes. This would approach a statistically significant sample. We
>would not attempt to define 'dark', we would simply ask the question and
>tally the answers.
> Then, as the second part of this experiment, we would calculate the
>median or average rating. We would ask, "If the previous recording's
>darkness is <number>, then what rating would you assign to <another
>widely available recording>?"
>
> Presumably every person on this list has some experience and
>knowledge of the clarinet. This would eliminate the most extreme cases
>of 'non-musician'.
>
> Our purpose would be two-fold: (1) to obtain a rating _without_
>providing a definition of darkness in advance; and then: (2) to obtain a
>rating after each participant had been told that, for the purposes of
>this experiment, a certain recording is in fact a "<number>".
>
> Would very many of you be willing to participate in this? We'd
>need to talk abut differences in stereos and speaker setups; but I can
>cite fully accepted data from visual experiments that addresses this
>issue in the area of color perception, and I think it's reasonable
>(though not proven) that the same methods wold apply to recorded audio.
>I won't fill up your screen with details right now.
> What I'm wondering is: would more than 5 or 6 people here be
>interested in participating?
>
>
>Bill
>
>
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