Investigating Impulsive Sounds - Beyond "Zwicker-Loudness" General Motors Corporation

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Fridrich, Richard J., author.

Conference Name:

Noise & Vibration Conference & Exposition (1993-05-10 : Traverse City, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1993

Summary:

The common occurrence of impulsive sounds in automobiles and the recent emphasis on producing vehicles with a "quality sound" has increased the need for a method for measuring the pitch of impulsive sounds. Using Zwicker's Loudness Patterns as a basis, a data reduction method was developed which summarizes the frequency content of each pattern. The method yields time varying quantities called Percentile Partial Loudness Frequencies from a time series of Loudness Patterns. Several "simple" impulsive sounds, representing a range of pitches, were investigated using this method. Visual inspection of the results has identified trends which seem to rank the impulsive sounds in agreement with subjective pitch rankings of a listening jury. In addition, the method appears to be capable of ranking the early portion of the impulse as a sharp or dull attack. Further investigations are needed to confirm these observations and refine the technique

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Publisher Number:

931329

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