Auditory loudness perception and the consumption of popular music between 1980 and 2010

dc.contributor.advisorDe Villiers, William Murray
dc.contributor.postgraduateKwak, Dong Ho
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-08T09:42:57Z
dc.date.available2016-02-08T09:42:57Z
dc.date.created2016-04-13
dc.date.issued2016en_ZA
dc.descriptionMini dissertation (MMus)--University of Pretoria, 2016.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis quantitative study investigates the possible correlation between auditory loudness perception and commercial success in the music industry by measuring and comparing the loudness levels of the top 10 and the bottom 10 singles from the Top 100 Billboard Year End Chart between 1980 and 2010. A total of 140 singles from 1980 and 2010 (with 5 year intervals) were measured in terms of integrated loudness, momentary maximum loudness and loudness range. The variables were measured using the computer software based processing of iZotope Ozone Insight and Waves Loudness Meter (WLM) on Cubase 5 Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) platform. The data were analysed for any observable trend in terms of loudness level, commercial success and consistency between iZotope Ozone Insight and WLM. The analysis clearly showed the steady increase in loudness level over time. Between the top 10 and the bottom 10 singles, there was no statistically significant difference. Therefore the results of this study illustrated that, for the Top 100 Billboard Year End Chart, there is no evidence of any correlation between the perceived loudness and the commercial success (sales).en_ZA
dc.description.availabilityUnrestricteden_ZA
dc.description.degreeMMus
dc.description.departmentMusicen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKwak, DH 2016, Auditory loudness perception and the consumption of popular music between 1980 and 2010, MMus Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/51284>
dc.identifier.otherA2016
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/51284
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.rights© 2016 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.en_ZA
dc.subjectMusic Technologyen_ZA
dc.subjectUCTD
dc.subjectAuditory loudness
dc.subjectPerception
dc.subjectConsumption for popular music
dc.subjectCommercial success
dc.subjectMusic industry
dc.subject.otherMusic theses SDG-03
dc.subject.otherSDG-03: Good health and well-being
dc.subject.otherMusic theses SDG-09
dc.subject.otherSDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
dc.subject.otherMusic theses SDG-10
dc.subject.otherSDG-10: Reduced inequalities
dc.subject.otherMusic theses SDG-12
dc.subject.otherSDG-12: Responsible consumption and production
dc.titleAuditory loudness perception and the consumption of popular music between 1980 and 2010en_ZA
dc.typeMini Dissertationen_ZA

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