Sound Studies

Studies of minimal speech sound units

Perceptual and Modeling Studies on Spatial Sound

Dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Science in Technology to be presented with due permission for public examination and debate in Auditorium S4,

Perceptual studies on spatial sound reproduction systems

Author Nick Zacharov Title Perceptual Studies on Spatial Sound Reproduction Systems This study considers research on spatial sound perception in the context of multichannel and other spatial sound reproduction systems. Issues associated with multichannel level alignment are discussed. Additionally aspects relating to the quality of spatial sound reproduction associated with loudspeaker directiv...

Environmental sound description : comparison and generalization of 4 timbre studies

The aim of this study is to adapt the principles of sound timbre description, originally used for musical sounds, to environmental sounds. In order to reach this goal, we inventoried 4 timbre studies of diverse environmental sounds in terms of stimuli, experiments and perceptual results. Then, we tried to systematize sound description by comparing the different perceptual spaces in order to ide...

Conducting Sound Ecological Studies at the Landscape Scale: Research Challenges

Landscape ecology is maturing as both a traditional natural science and an integrative field. It strives to meet the demands of traditional science through incremental scientific achievements realized via experimentation and hypothesis testing, while working at scales not conducive to the paradigm of controlled experiments. At the same time, landscape ecology is the intersection of many older s...