Definition: The Haas effect is most useful in live sound and live recording; the Haas effect describes the ability of the human ear to perceive the location of sound sources depending on the loudness factor of the material, as well as the time it arrives at each ear. Utilizing these principles can help a recording engineer produce a clean, accurate recording, pleasing to the human ear.
Haas Effect
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