Browsing by Author "Narmour, Eugene"

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Acoustical correlates of perceptual blend in timbre dyads and triads

Lembke, Sven-Amin; Parker, Kyra; Narmour, Eugene; McAdams, Stephen (Article)

Achieving a blended timbre for particular combinations of instruments, pitches, and articulations is a common aim of orchestration. This involves a set of factors that this study jointly assesses by correlating the perceptual ...
Predicting blend between orchestral timbres using generalized spectral-envelope descriptions

Lembke, Sven-Amin; Narmour, Eugene; McAdams, Stephen (Conference)

Composers rely on implicit knowledge of instrument timbres to achieve certain effects in orchestration. In the context of perceptual blending between orchestral timbres, holistic acoustical descriptions of instrument-specific ...