PSYCHOACOUSTIC RETRIEVAL · HUMAN AUDITORY ZERO (0, 0, 0)
Human Hearing Corpus 3D
Centered on human auditory perception: 1 kHz speech core (X), neutral pink tilt (Y), and the 200 ms integration window (Z). Watch frequency and time project directly onto the floating acoustic walls.
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Psychoacoustics & ISO 226
Why the Center of Each Axis Represents Human Hearing
Human hearing is not a flat linear sensor starting from zero Hz or zero milliseconds. The ear is an evolved acoustic transducer with a resting equilibrium point.
01 · 1 kHz CENTER (PITCH)
Under ISO 226 equal-loudness contours, 1 kHz at 40 dB SPL defines 1 phon (the perceptual loudness baseline). The human ear canal resonates naturally between 1 kHz and 3.5 kHz for speech intelligibility. Sound to the left drops into tactile sub-pressure; sound to the right rises into sparkling air.
02 · PINK NOISE CENTER (TIMBRE)
Pink noise (-3 dB/octave, 1/f energy falloff) is perceived by human hearing as flat, neutral, and octave-balanced. Centering the Y-axis at pink noise means zero represents natural acoustic balance, negative Y represents dark, rolled-off warmth; positive Y represents bright, high-frequency excitement.
03 · 200 ms CENTER (ENVELOPE)
The human brain integrates energy over a ~200 ms window to assess steady loudness and syllable meter. Events below 30–50 ms fall under the Haas precedence limit and are perceived as instant transient impulses; events past 200 ms are recognized as continuous acoustic streams.