Analysis and modeling of piano sustain-pedal effects

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1787-1797

  Lehtonen, Heidi Maria ^a   Penttinen, Henri ^a   Rauhala, Jukka ^a   Välimäki, Vesa ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH SYNTHESIS; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

AMPLITUDE BEATING CHARACTERISTICS;

SPEECH ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; MICROPHONE; MUSIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND LEVEL MEASUREMENT;

ALGORITHMS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; ESTHETICS; HUMANS; MUSIC; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SOUND; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VIBRATION;

EID: 35248826534     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2756172     Document Type: Article

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