Claims to know how the ear works are not new, but early performance of new technology based on this latest claim gives it undeniable credibility.

GadIdeas, an Oxfordshire based audio research company, announces the development of new patent pending parallel processing techniques set to revolutionise sensory perception understanding. The potential diversity of application of this new technology will enhance every form of signal processing over the full frequency spectrum, which includes sound, vision, planetary motions, geology, weather, chemistry, biology, radio, physics and beyond. As far as can be seen, there are simply no limits to its possible use.

Martin Simpson BEng., CTO of GadIdeas, was drawn to the development of the techniques by puzzling for many years over the final hurdle of aural perception “How does the ear really work?”. So much published research seems to stop short of the explanation of the ear’s remarkable ability to distinguish sounds with speed and clarity. Applying his background of medical electronics, a degree in electrical and electronic engineering, and a career in audio software development and audio engineering, he hit on an idea which gave him a Eureka moment that started his research. Turning the idea into a tangible signal processing system he demonstrated that he may be right, and what is exciting is that with help he has produced an analytical tool with applications far beyond those of human aural perception. “It is so fast and so efficient it could be the system that has evolved in nature” is his outrageous claim which he leaves to others to test.

Jon Stuart, CEO of Manic Media Productions, is another member of the GadIdeas team. Applying MMP's background of 3D visualisation in games, CAD and 3D mapping, he has used the underlying technology to develop a stunning real time 3D colored visualisation, plotting a scrolling 3D landscape of amplitude and frequency against time. Anything you are listening to on your computer is analysed. This allows you for the first time ever to “see” sounds as you hear them, in the same way your brain does, down to resolutions not seen before, even down to the individual sine waves in any signal. You fly around this amazing 3D landscape using your mouse, which allows you to zoom in to areas of interest.

Certainly, any one of the privileged few who have so far seen the visual representations of the system has been astonished by the clarity and speed of the resolution of all forms of sound input and of the versatility of the visual presentation. From music to speech, to animal sounds (dolphins are interesting!), heart beats, signals from space, earthquakes, the list is endless, and the results fascinating

To find out about the fantastic 3D software www.manic.co.uk

To read more about signal processing visit www.gadideas.com