Towards a Perceptual Model of “Punch” in Musical Signals

Fenton S, Lee H. Towards a Perceptual Model of “Punch” in Musical Signals. In: AES Convention 139. Audio Engineering Society; 2015. Paper 9381. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17939

@inproceedings{Fenton2015_17939,
  author = {Fenton, Steven and Lee, Hyunkook},
  title = {{Towards a Perceptual Model of “Punch” in Musical Signals}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 139},
  note = {Paper 9381},
  year = {2015},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17939}
}

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AB  - This paper proposes a perceptual model for the measurement of “punch” in musical signals. Punch is an attribute that is often used to characterize music or sound sources that convey a sense of dynamic power or weight to the listener. A methodology is explored that combines signal separation and low level parameter measurement to produce a perceptually weighted “punch” score. The parameters explored are the onset time and frequency components of the signal across octave bands. The “punch” score is determined by a weighted sum of these parameters using coefficients derived through a large scale listening test. The model may have application in music information retrieval (MIR) and music production tools. The paper concludes by evaluating the perceptual model using commercially released music.
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