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“Roughometer”: Realtime Roughness Calculation and Profiling

Authors: Villegas, Julian; Cohen, Michael

AES Convention 125 · Paper 7516 · October 2008

Abstract

A software tool capable of determining auditory roughness in real-time is presented. This application, based on Pure-Data (Pd), calculates the roughness of audio streams using a spectral method originally proposed by Vassilakis. The processing speed is adequate for many realtime applications, and results indicate limited but significant agreement with an internet application of the chosen model. Finally, the usage of this tool is illustrated by the computation of a roughness profile of a musical composition that can be compared to its perceived patterns of `tension' and `relaxation.'

Details

Published in
AES Convention 125
AES Convention
125
Paper number
7516
Publication date
October 6, 2008
Session subject
Analysis and Synthesis of Sound
Affiliation
University of Aizu (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper