Analysis and resynthesis of polyphonic music

This thesis examines applications of Digital Signal Processing to the analysis, transformation, and resynthesis of musical audio. First I give an overview of the human perception of music. I then examine in detail the requirements for a system that can analyse, transcribe, process, and resynthesise monaural polyphonic music. I then describe and compare the possible hardware and software platforms. After this I describe a prototype hybrid system that attempts to carry out these tasks using a method based on additive synthesis. Next I present results from its application to a variety of musical examples, and critically assess its performance and limitations. I then address these issues in the design of a second system based on Gabor wavelets. I conclude by summarising the research and outlining suggestions for future developments

An exploration of sound timbre using perceptual and time-varying frequency spectrum techniques.

This thesis describes the investigation of sound timbre using perceptual and acoustical techniques, with 153 input stimuli. The acoustical methods are based on time and frequency domain representations. The thesis covers the following areas of work: 1. A consideration of previous research in timbre, the different structural forms associated with it, and different definitions concerning timbre and the timbre space representation. 2. A study concerning perceptual similarity reactions to the input stimuli, a statistical analysis of the result structure, and the implications for understanding of the structure of timbral audition. 3. Analysis and synthesis using a time-varying frequency spectrum model, with adaptive viewpoint properties to achieve appropriate time-frequency resolution. 4. Extraction of 335 timbral features from the spectral form, a statistical analysis to find those features which describe perceptual differences between stimuli, and an investigation of timbral dimensionality

Suffolk University Undergraduate Academic Catalog, College of Arts and Sciences, 2017-2018

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Suffolk University Undergraduate Academic Catalog, College of Arts and Sciences and Sawyer Business School, 2015-2016

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Suffolk University Academic Catalog and Student Handbook, College of Arts and Sciences and Sawyer Business School, 2020-2021

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Suffolk University Academic Catalog, College of Arts and Sciences and Sawyer Business School, 2021-2022

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Suffolk University Academic Catalog, College of Arts and Sciences and Sawyer Business School, 2022-2023

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Suffolk University Academic Catalog, College of Arts and Sciences and Sawyer Business School, 2019-2020

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