Investigation of a Random Radio Sampling Method for Selecting Ecologically Valid Music Program Material

Francombe J, Mason R, Dewhirst M, Bech S. Investigation of a Random Radio Sampling Method for Selecting Ecologically Valid Music Program Material. In: AES Convention 136. Audio Engineering Society; 2014. Paper 9029. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17176

@inproceedings{Francombe2014_17176,
  author = {Francombe, Jon and Mason, Russell and Dewhirst, Martin and Bech, Søren},
  title = {{Investigation of a Random Radio Sampling Method for Selecting Ecologically Valid Music Program Material}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 136},
  note = {Paper 9029},
  year = {2014},
  month = apr,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17176}
}

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AB  - When performing subjective tests of an audio system, it is necessary to use appropriately selected program material to excite that system. Program material is often required to be wide-ranging and representative of commonly consumed audio, while having minimal selection bias. A random radio sampling procedure was investigated for its ability to produce such a stimulus set. Nine popular stations were sampled at six different times of day over a number of days to produce a 200-item pool. Musical and signal-based characteristics were examined; the items were found to span a wide range of genres and years, and physical similarities were found between items in the same genre. The proposed method is beneficial for collecting a wide and representative stimulus set.
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