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In Reply to: Dominant paradigms - the continuous tone posted by Timbo in Oz on August 31, 2003 at 20:26:08:
HowdyIf you think about voice, the attack and decay hardly matter at all compared to the continuous tone.
Also, for example, almost everyone can tell a stringed instrument from brass even with the attack and decay removed.
Even with percussion don't take it too far: The spectrum of the tones on percussion do indeed differ based on the amount of energy put into their production, i.e. loud piano sounds different than quiet piano, even if you remove the attack and decay. With more energy in, in general, you have a richer tone, e.g. more energy in the higher harmonics, (tho with bells, etc. the 'harmonics' have strange freqs compared to the fundamental.)
I'm not disagreeing that attack (and decay) are important, but, for example, harmonic distortions are also noticeable and don't affect attack/decay much...
-Ted
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- Re: Dominant paradigms - the continuous tone - Ted Smith 21:33:31 08/31/03 (4)
- "If you think about voice, the attack and decay hardly matter at all." - clarkjohnsen 07:50:43 09/04/03 (3)
- I should have said the tonal character of... - Ted Smith 12:52:45 09/04/03 (2)
- Look up Leonard Research in Scandinavia - Timbo in Oz 21:14:56 09/07/03 (1)
- Re: Look up Leonard Research in Scandinavia - Ted Smith 21:26:11 09/07/03 (0)
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