The Middle Ear
Without the middle ear converting sound energy vibrations, 99.9% of the collected sound energy would be reflected and lost as energy moves from an air-filled cavity to a fluid-filled cavity. The ossicles efficiently transfer the small vibrations from the eardrum's large surface area into vibrations 20 times larger over the smaller-surfaced oval window of the cochlea.
People don’t come to hear me mix, they come to hear the act. I want to present artists as they are. Hopefully, I’m just turning up what they’re doing.
Dave Natale, FOH engineer