Sonic Art and the Nature of Sonic Events

Roden, David

doi:10.1007/s13164-009-0002-7

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“…Many researchers, in science, art, and philosophy, have been facing the problem of how to approach sound and its representations [13,14]. Should we represent sounds as they appear to the senses, by manipulating their proximal characteristics?…”

Section: Voice As Embodied Soundmentioning

confidence: 99%

A quantum vocal theory of sound

Rocchesso

Mannone

2020

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Concepts and formalism from acoustics are often used to exemplify quantum mechanics. Conversely, quantum mechanics could be used to achieve a new perspective on acoustics, as shown by Gabor studies. Here, we focus in particular on the study of human voice, considered as a probe to investigate the world of sounds. We present a theoretical framework that is based on observables of vocal production, and on some measurement apparati that can be used both for analysis and synthesis. In analogy to the description of spin states of a particle, the quantum-mechanical formalism is used to describe the relations between the fundamental states associated with phonetic labels such as phonation, turbulence, and supraglottal myoelastic vibrations. The intermingling of these states, and their temporal evolution, can still be interpreted in the Fourier/Gabor plane, and effective extractors can be implemented. The bases for a quantum vocal theory of sound, with implications in sound analysis and design, are presented.

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Section: Voice As Embodied Soundmentioning

confidence: 99%

A quantum vocal theory of sound

Rocchesso

Mannone

2020

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“…Timbre is the perceptible quality that allows us to distinguish, for instance, two different musical instruments playing the same note at the same loudness. This quality seems to depend on an indefinite number of global features of the auditory scene (sometimes called the 'soundscape'), plus the perceiver (Roden, 2010;Siedenburg & McAdams, 2017). Indeed, factors like the physiological features of the perceiver's auditory system but also aspects like musical training, cultural background, attention level, listening strategies and more have been shown to affect timbre perception in various unsystematic ways (Lavengood, 2017;McAdams, 2013;McAdams et al, 1995).…”

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Perceptual science and the nature of perception

Buccella

2022

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Can philosophical theories of perception defer to perceptual science when fixing their ontological commitments regarding the objects of perception? Or in other words, can perceptual science inform us about the nature of perception? Many contemporary mainstream philosophers of perception answer affirmatively. However, in this essay I provide two arguments against this idea. On the one hand, I will argue that perceptual science is not committed to certain assumptions, relevant for determining perceptual ontology, which however are generally relied upon by philosophers when interpreting such science. On the other hand, I will show how perceptual science often relies on another assumption, which I call the ‘Measuring instrument conception’ of sensory systems, which philosophers of perception should clearly reject. Given these two symmetric lines of argument, I will finally suggest that we ought to think differently about the relationship between perceptual science and the philosophy of perception.

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“…Many researchers, in science, art, and philosophy, have been facing the problem of how to approach sound and its representations [13,47]. Should we represent sounds as they appear to the senses, by manipulating their proximal characteristics?…”

Section: Voice As Embodied Soundmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Quantum Vocal Theory of Sound

Rocchesso¹,

Mannone²

2020

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Concepts and formalism from acoustics are often used to exemplify quantum mechanics. Conversely, quantum mechanics could be used to achieve a new perspective on acoustics, as shown by Gabor studies. Here, we focus in particular on the study of human voice, considered as a probe to investigate the world of sounds. We present a theoretical framework that is based on observables of vocal production, and on some measurement apparati that can be used both for analysis and synthesis. In analogy to the description of spin states of a particle, the quantummechanical formalism is used to describe the relations between the fundamental states associated with phonetic labels such as phonation, turbulence, and supraglottal myoelastic vibrations. The intermingling of these states, and their temporal evolution, can still be interpreted in the Fourier/Gabor plane, and effective extractors can be implemented. The bases for a Quantum Vocal Theory of Sound, with implications in sound analysis and design, are presented.

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Sonic Art and the Nature of Sonic Events

Cited by 8 publications

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