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Perceptual Study of Decay Parameters in Plucked String Synthesis

Authors: Tolonen, Tero; Järveläinen, Hanna

AES Convention 109 · Paper 5205 · September 2000

Abstract

A listening experiment was conducted to study the audibility of variation of decay parameters in plucked string synthesis. A digital commuted-waveguide-synthesis model was used to generate the test sounds. The decay of each tone was parameterized with an overall and a frequency-dependent decay parameter. Two different fundamental frequencies, tone durations and types of excitation signals were used, totaling eight test sets for both parameters. The results indicate that variations between 25% and 40% in the time constant of decay are inaudible. This suggests that large deviations in decay parameters can be allowed from a perceptual viewpoint. The results are applied to model-based audio processing.:

Details

Published in
AES Convention 109
AES Convention
109
Paper number
5205
Publication date
September 6, 2000
Session subject
Perception and Psychoacoustics
Affiliation
Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper