Synth Science https://producerscience.com Electronic music production technique, grounded in psychoacoustics and signal theory. en Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Auditory masking: why your mix sounds muddy https://producerscience.com/mixing/ https://producerscience.com/mixing/ Spectral masking explained from the psychoacoustics literature, and what it implies for EQ, arrangement and mix decisions. Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer Syncopation, microtiming and why a groove works https://producerscience.com/groove/ https://producerscience.com/groove/ Research on syncopation, microtiming deviations and low-frequency amplitude in the sensation of groove and the urge to move. Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer Loudness normalisation and the end of the loudness war https://producerscience.com/loudness/ https://producerscience.com/loudness/ Dynamic range compression research and streaming loudness normalisation — why crushing a master now costs you something for nothing. Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer What synthesis actually does https://producerscience.com/synthesis/ https://producerscience.com/synthesis/ Subtractive, FM and physical modelling synthesis as three answers to the same signal-processing question. Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer About Synth Science https://producerscience.com/about/ https://producerscience.com/about/ Who publishes Synth Science, how pages are researched, and how the site makes money. 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Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer Music emotion: what the evidence base looks like https://producerscience.com/evidence/music-emotion/ https://producerscience.com/evidence/music-emotion/ 12 publications on music emotion — how many trials, how much synthesis, how recent, and what that means. Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer Listening fatigue: what the evidence base looks like https://producerscience.com/evidence/listening-fatigue/ https://producerscience.com/evidence/listening-fatigue/ 4 publications on listening fatigue — how many trials, how much synthesis, how recent, and what that means. Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer Creativity: what the evidence base looks like https://producerscience.com/evidence/creativity/ https://producerscience.com/evidence/creativity/ 4 publications on creativity — how many trials, how much synthesis, how recent, and what that means. Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer Groove: what the evidence base looks like https://producerscience.com/evidence/xr-groove/ https://producerscience.com/evidence/xr-groove/ 11 publications on groove — how many trials, how much synthesis, how recent, and what that means. Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer Dynamics: what the evidence base looks like https://producerscience.com/evidence/xr-dynamics/ https://producerscience.com/evidence/xr-dynamics/ 11 publications on dynamics — how many trials, how much synthesis, how recent, and what that means. Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer Masking: what the evidence base looks like https://producerscience.com/evidence/xr-masking/ https://producerscience.com/evidence/xr-masking/ 10 publications on masking — how many trials, how much synthesis, how recent, and what that means. Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer Reverb: what the evidence base looks like https://producerscience.com/evidence/xr-reverb/ https://producerscience.com/evidence/xr-reverb/ 10 publications on reverb — how many trials, how much synthesis, how recent, and what that means. Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer Ai music: what the evidence base looks like https://producerscience.com/evidence/xr-ai-music/ https://producerscience.com/evidence/xr-ai-music/ 10 publications on ai music — how many trials, how much synthesis, how recent, and what that means. Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer Synthesis: what the evidence base looks like https://producerscience.com/evidence/xr-synthesis/ https://producerscience.com/evidence/xr-synthesis/ 11 publications on synthesis — how many trials, how much synthesis, how recent, and what that means. Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer Psychoacoustics: what the evidence base looks like https://producerscience.com/evidence/psychoacoustics/ https://producerscience.com/evidence/psychoacoustics/ 4 publications on psychoacoustics — how many trials, how much synthesis, how recent, and what that means. Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stéphane Sprauer