Some clues to build a sound analysis relevant to hearing

TL;DR

This paper discusses the development of a versatile sound analysis tool that emphasizes listening to each element, aiming to improve sound analysis and redefine acoustics based on recent musical and speech modeling research.

Contribution

It proposes a new sound analysis tool that prioritizes auditory perception and addresses limitations of existing tools, integrating recent advances in musical instrument modeling and speech production.

Findings

The proposed tool enhances the ability to listen to individual sound elements.

It offers a versatile approach applicable across various sound analysis contexts.

Audio examples demonstrate the tool's effectiveness.

Abstract

Analysis tools used in research laboratories, for sound synthesis, by musicians or sound engineers can be rather different. Discussion of the assumptions and of the limitations of these tools permits to propose a first tool as relevant and versatile as possible for all the sound actors with a major aim: one must be able to listen to each element of the analysis because hearing is the final reference tool. This tool should also be used, in the future, to reinvestigate the definition of sound (or Acoustics) on the basis of some recent works on musical instrument modeling, speech production and loudspeakers design. Audio illustrations will be given.Paper 6041 presented at the 116th Convention of the Audio Engineering Society, Berlin, 2004