Music industry professionals represent a vulnerable population to music induced hearing
disorders (MIHDs). In addition to the impacts that the development of hearing disorders …

A curious divide characterizes the usage of audio descriptors for timbre research in music
information research (MIR) and music psychology. While MIR uses a multitude of audio …

If there is one thing about timbre that researchers in psychoacoustics and music psychology
agree on, it is the claim that it is a poorly understood auditory attribute. One facet of this …

A study of musical timbre semantics was conducted with listeners from two different linguistic
groups. In two separate experiments, native Greek and English speaking participants were …

Humans excel at using sounds to make judgements about their immediate environment. In
particular, timbre is an auditory attribute that conveys crucial information about the identity of …

Since the late 19th century, researchers have measured and predicted the acoustic
properties of single-reed instruments like the clarinet and saxophone. According to …

This study deals with the acoustical factors liable to account for expressiveness in clarinet
performances. Mechanical and expressive performances of excerpts from Bach's Suite No. II …

This paper deals with the subjective and mechanical characterizations of single cane reeds.
Subjective tests performed by a single expert gave an estimation of the subjective …

This thesis deals with the acoustics of the clarinet and the role of the reed, summarizing
studies carried out between 2001 and 2018 on various topics: I) Study of elementary …

It is not uncommon to hear musicians and audio engineers speak of warmth and brightness
when describing analog technologies such as vintage mixing consoles, multitrack tape …