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Analysis of musical‐instrument tones

FEB 01, 1969
With computers we can not only analyse the sound of a musical instrument but also build up a synthesized copy of the sound. Comparison of real and synthetic tones tells which are the important parameters that lead to recognition of timbre.

DOI: 10.1063/1.3035399

Jean‐Claude Risset
Max V. Mathews

POWERFUL NEW METHODS are now available for the study of tone quality of both existing and new instruments. The new methods involve both new tools (primarily computers) and new applications of experimental psychology (psychophysics and subjective judgments).

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More about the Authors

Jean‐Claude Risset. Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique.

Max V. Mathews. Behavioral and Statistical Research Center, Bell Telephone Laboratories.

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Volume 22, Number 2

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