Developing a Timbrometer: Perceptually-Motivated Audio Signal Metering

Williams D. Developing a Timbrometer: Perceptually-Motivated Audio Signal Metering. In: AES Convention 139. Audio Engineering Society; 2015. Paper 9372. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17930

@inproceedings{Williams2015_17930,
  author = {Williams, Duncan},
  title = {{Developing a Timbrometer: Perceptually-Motivated Audio Signal Metering}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 139},
  note = {Paper 9372},
  year = {2015},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17930}
}

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AB  - Early experiments suggest that a universally agreed upon timbral lexicon is not possible, and nor would such a tool be intrinsically useful to musicians, composers, or audio engineers. Therefore the goal of this work is to develop perceptually-calibrated metering tools, with a similar interface and usability to that of existing loudness meters, by making use of a linear regression model to match large numbers of acoustic features to listener reported timbral descriptors. This paper presents work towards a proof-of-concept combination of acoustic measurement and human listening tests in order to explore connections between 135 acoustic features and 3 timbral descriptors, brightness, warmth, and roughness.
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