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Objectively Quantified Consonance of Complex Sounds  

Chon, Sang-Bae (서울대학교 전기.컴퓨터공학부 뉴미디어통신공동연구소)
Choi, In-Yong (서울대학교 전기.컴퓨터공학부 뉴미디어통신공동연구소)
Lee, Min-Gu (서울대학교 전기.컴퓨터공학부 뉴미디어통신공동연구소)
Sung, Koeng-Mo (서울대학교 전기.컴퓨터공학부 뉴미디어통신공동연구소)
Abstract
In this paper, objectively quantified consonance of complex sound is proposed as a new psychoacoustical parameter. Proposing algorithm quantifies consonance of complex sound after applying psycho acoustical models which are parts of human perception such as masking effect, equal loudness contour, and critical band. To verify proposing algorithm, experiments with 10 car horn signals which have different complex sound were performed. The experiments show cross correlation of 0.95 between objectively quantified consonance by proposing algorithm and subjectively assessed consonance by listening tests. Considering the fact that there are few psychoacoustical parameter except Zwicker parameter, proposing algorithm will help to quantify psychoacoustical effect of complex sounds objectively.
Keywords
Consonance; Psychoacoustical parameter;
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