Optimizing auditory images and distance metrics for self-organizing timbre maps

Journal of New Music Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-30

  Toiviainen, Petri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

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EID: 33744625987     PISSN: 09298215     EISSN: 17445027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09298219608570695     Document Type: Article

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50. Sound examples are available in the JNMR Electronic Appendix (EA) which can be found on the WWW at http://www.swets.nl/jnmr/jnmr.html