;****************** ASYMMETRY OF MASKING BY PULSED TONES ******************** ; A PURE TONE MASKS TONES OF HIGHER FREQUENCY MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN TONES OF LOW- ; FREQUENCY. THIS MAYBE EXPLAINED BY REFERENCE TO THE SIMPLIFIED RESPONSE OF THE ; BASILAR MEMBTRANE FOR TWO PURE TONES A AND B. ; THIS DEMONSTRATION USES TONES OF 1200HZ AND 2000HZ, PRESENTED AS 200MS TONE ; BURSTS SEPARATED BY 100MS. THE TEST TONE, WHICH APPEARS EVERY OTHER PULSE, DE- ; CREASES IN 10 STEPS OF 5DB, EXCEPT THE FIRST STEP WHICH IS 15DB. ; MASKER ; ******* ******* ******* ******* ; * * * * * * * * ;***** **** **** **** ******* ; 200MS 100MS ; TEST TONE ; ******* ******* ; * * * * ; ************* ************* ******* ; 200MS ;********************************* HEADER ********************************* sr = 44100 kr = 4410 ksmps = 10 nchnls = 2 instr 1 iamp = ampdb(p4) k1 linen iamp,.01,p3,.01 a1 oscili k1,p5,1 outs a1,a1 endin