Perceptual similarity between piano notes: Simulations with a template-based perception model

Alejandro Osses Vecchi, Armin Kohlrausch

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Abstract

In this paper, the auditory model developed by Dau, Kollmeier, and Kohlrausch [(1997). J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 102, 2892-2905] was used to simulate the perceptual similarity between complex sounds. As complex sounds, a set of piano recordings was used, whose perceptual similarity has recently been measured by Osses, Kohlrausch, and Chaigne [(2019). J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 146, 1024-1035] using a three-alternative forced-choice discrimination task in noise. To simulate this discrimination task, the auditory model required a new back-end stage, the central processor, which is preceded by several processing stages that are to a greater or lesser extent inspired by physiological aspects of the normal-hearing system. Therefore, a comprehensive review of the model parameters as used in the literature is given, indicating the fixed set of parameter values that is used in all simulations. Due to the perceptual relevance of the piano note onsets, this review includes an in-depth description of the auditory adaptation stage, the adaptation loops. A moderate to high correlation was found between the simulation results and existing experimental data.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3534-3552
Number of pages19
JournalJournal of the Acoustical Society of America
Volume149
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2021

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research work was funded by the European Commission (EC) within the ITN Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action project BATWOMAN under the Seventh Framework Programme (EC Grant No. 605867). We are grateful to Laurel Carney and one anonymous reviewer for their valuable comments on earlier versions of our manuscript. Those fruitful discussions motivated us to include Appendix C in the final version of this paper.

Funding

This research work was funded by the European Commission (EC) within the ITN Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action project BATWOMAN under the Seventh Framework Programme (EC Grant No. 605867). We are grateful to Laurel Carney and one anonymous reviewer for their valuable comments on earlier versions of our manuscript. Those fruitful discussions motivated us to include Appendix C in the final version of this paper.

FundersFunder number
Marie Skłodowska‐Curie
Seventh Framework Programme605867
European Commission
Seventh Framework Programme

    Keywords

    • modeling

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