Doepfer

It's not just what's convenient.  It may be found by scientific
investigation to be how the ear actually works.  Much work has already been
done on this.  Here is a good starting place for information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochlea

Monroe

On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Doug <dougc356@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> It seems that we want to believe that the mechanism of hearing
> involves a decomposition into a trigonometric basis followed by a
> cognitive synthesis. I'm not sure why this would be, and what this
> model accomplishes, other than satisfying our urge for reductive
> analysis armed with the most convenient mathematical language known to
> us.
>
> Doug
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