Klarinet Archive - Posting 000142.txt from 2005/03

From: ormo2ndtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: Re: [kl] German sound: acoustical analysis
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 16:50:16 -0500

Joe wrote:

> If I missed [a link] that pointed to a detailed
> acoustical analysis

Joe, you may be interested in actual spectral graphs of clarinet sounds
(assuming the web page is still there, I haven't checked). Oftentimes
the page is offline while his students use his lab equipment:

http://hughes38.som.ohio-state.edu

Mr. Pyne once told me that the university spent $10,000+ (5 years ago)
for the equipment and software to make these graphs; and of course the
university already had a respectable amount of equipment and software in
place.

So $100 isn't going to go very far..........

But my purpose in mentioning this link is in order that you can see with
your own eyes how _complex_ an actual curve is, and how much of a
computational task it would be to extract meaningful parameters from
them which correlate with timbres that human beings can reliably
identify by ear.

There was a time when I was going to attempt this project..... until
others showed me what would be involved!

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