You know how in skating rinks theres usually a huge amount of reverb or
echo because of the properties of the large room and reflective ice? I was
wondering if anyone could suggest a process to 'dull' or 'depmhasize' the
sound so that when played back in a large room like that, it would sound
better.

Also, I believe I have a slight hearing loss in part of my hearing (the
speaking range) -- I have a fairly high end headphone setup and amplifier,
same goes for my sound card, and I was thinking of wirting a program that
would play some tones at low volume (just above the threshold of hearing
for that particular user, done through a midi input device for example to
help) so that a fairly accurate frequency map could be established that
would take into consideration that particular set up of headphones/amps
and listening ears. Then, a realtime csound process could manipulate audio
coming from line-in and correct it properly -- in my case, I could then
play on my digital piano and have my fingers become used to the so called
'average' set of ears out there, in effect everything coming through
line-in could be adjusted to the appropriate levels for my listening.

I'm still at a loss as to whether that minimum tone would be enough to
base any frequency shifts on, perhaps the loud end of the spectrum needs
to come into play and then more averages need to be taken.. sorry if this
isn't too clear, I hope I've managed to present the idea.

-Laz.