Abstract
Abstract
In this work, we describe some characteristics of human timbre perception. We propose the concept of harmony function to quantify how harmonious two pitches are perceived to be and apply these psychoacoustics theories to build a comparison algorithm. To examine the algorithm, some audio samples are chosen to take the test and get a natural result as expected. As the title suggests, the calculation result of this algorithm is in line with human intuition.
Subject
Computer Science Applications,History,Education
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