From acoustic descriptors to evoked quality of car door sounds

Bezat, Marie-Céline; Kronland‐Martinet, Richard; Roussarie, Vincent; Ystad, Sølvi

doi:10.1121/1.4883364

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“…Further listening tests were then run, using the synthesized stimuli in order to relate the signal parameters to the perceived quality. Results showed that the energy and the damping of the door impact linked to the evocation of the weight of the door, and the elapsed time between the four impacts related to the evocation of a well-closed door was found to mediate the perception of solidity and quality of the car (Bezat et al 2014). This study confirms that signal invariants evoking the solidity and quality of a car can be identified.…”

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Timbre from Sound Synthesis and High-Level Control Perspectives

Ystad

Aramaki

Kronland‐Martinet

2019

Timbre: Acoustics, Perception, and Cognition

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Exploring the many surprising facets of timbre through sound manipulations has been a common practice among composers and instrument makers of all times. The digital era radically changed the approach to sounds thanks to the unlimited possibilities offered by computers that made it possible to investigate sounds without physical constraints. In this chapter, we describe investigations on timbre based on the analysis-by-synthesis approach that consists of using digital synthesis algorithms to reproduce sounds and further modify the parameters of the algorithms to investigate their perceptual relevance. In the first part of the chapter, timbre is investigated in a musical context. An examination of the sound quality of different wood species for xylophone making is first presented. Then the influence of physical control on instrumental timbre is described in the case of clarinet and cello performances. In the second part of the chapter, environmental sounds have been investigated in order to identify so-called invariant sound structures that can be considered as the backbone, or the bare minimum, of the information contained in a sound that enables the listener to recognize its source both in terms of structure (e.g. size, material) and action (e.g. hitting, scraping). Such invariants are generally composed of combinations of audio descriptors such as decay, attack, spectral density and pitch. Various investigations on perceived sound properties responsible for the evocations of sound sources are here identified and described through both applied and fundamental studies.

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Section: Fig 3 Relation Between the Sensory Descriptors (Bonm Ke Isupporting

confidence: 72%

Timbre from Sound Synthesis and High-Level Control Perspectives

Ystad

Aramaki

Kronland‐Martinet

2019

Timbre: Acoustics, Perception, and Cognition

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“…In recent years, vehicle sound quality has been extensively studied, such as vehicle interior noise, 1, 2 engine noise, 3,4 door closing sound, 5,6 vehicle suspension shock absorber rattling noise, 7 horn sound, 8 and warning of electric vehicle. [9][10][11] These studies include two major parts: subjective evaluation and objective evaluation.…”

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Warning Effect Evaluation and Control for Vehicle Turn Signal Sound

Xiang¹,

He²,

Zhang³

et al. 2021

The International Journal of Acoustics and Vibration

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The sound quality of a turn signal sound is directly related to the driving safety and influences comfort during driving. A turn signal sound and interior noise always exist simultaneously while driving. However, none of the studies are performed to observe and control the change of a turn signal sound when the vehicle interior noise was changed. Therefore, this paper develops a method to evaluate and control the warning effect of a turn signal sound masked by vehicle interior noise. First, the turn signal sound and the vehicle interior noise at different speeds are measured and the time-frequency characteristics of the turn signal sound is analyzed. Second, the pairwise comparison method is applied to subjectively evaluate the warning effect of the sounds and the warning effect of the turn signal sound at 6~speeds relative to that at 40~km/h was obtained. Third, a new hearing threshold evaluating the warning effect is developed and used as a sound metric. This metric is employed to evaluate objectively the warning effect of warning sounds at different speeds. The subjective evaluation results are consistent with the objective evaluation results, which confirms the validity of objective evaluation. To keep the warning effect of the warning sound during the driving, two methods of controlling the turn signal sound are proposed and will be researched further in the future.

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“…For example, the sound heard when opening a beer can could give consumers a pleasant feeling so that they might be disposed to drink the beverage. The sound heard when closing an automobile's door is designed to project a sense of luxury [2,3]. We subconsciously realize that a photograph was taken when we hear the "snapshot" sound of a digital camera, even though the sound is not necessary for the camera to function [4].…”

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Approach for combining physical properties and sensibility for pleasant beverage can-opening sound

Komatsuzaki

Han²,

Uchida³

2016

Applied Acoustics

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The sound quality of consumer products has recently become an important feature, receiving much attention in the fields of engineering and manufacturing. The sound could add value to the product in the way that it meets the interests and preferences of consumers in a wide range of fields. The present study deals with the sound emitted from beverage cans when lifting the tab of the can end to open it before drinking. With a view toward finding the characteristics of sound that have a sense of ease and certainty for the consumer when opening a beverage can, we introduce the semantic differential method for the subjective assessment of sounds of various cans. We then perform waveform analyses in both time and frequency domains to determine the physical properties of the desirable sounds. Finally, we successfully correlate the texture factor with the duration of the tearing sound, which may be a new way to design cans with pleasant sounds.

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From acoustic descriptors to evoked quality of car door sounds

Cited by 19 publications

References 43 publications

Timbre from Sound Synthesis and High-Level Control Perspectives

Timbre from Sound Synthesis and High-Level Control Perspectives

Warning Effect Evaluation and Control for Vehicle Turn Signal Sound

Approach for combining physical properties and sensibility for pleasant beverage can-opening sound

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