On the potentiality of abstract sounds in perception research

Adrien Merer (1) , Sølvi Ystad (1) , Richard Kronland-Martinet (1) , Mitsuko Aramaki (2)

1 LMA - Laboratoire de Mécanique et d'Acoustique [Marseille]
2 INCM - Institut de neurosciences cognitives de la méditerranée - UMR 6193

Recognition of sound sources and events is an important process in sound perception and has been studied in many research domains. Conversely sounds that cannot be recognized are not often studied except by electroacoustic music composers. Besides, considerations on recognition of sources might help to address the problem of stimulus selection and categorization of sounds in the context of perception research. This paper introduces what we call abstract sounds with the existing musical background and shows their relevance for different applications.

Mots clés: abstract sound; stimuli selection; acousmatic

Domaines: Acoustique [physics.class-ph]; Acoustique [physics.class-ph]

Adrien Merer, Sølvi Ystad, Richard Kronland-Martinet, Mitsuko Aramaki. On the potentiality of abstract sounds in perception research. Computer Music Modeling and Retrieval (CMMR), Jun 2010, Málaga, Spain. pp.207- 219. ⟨hal-00578587⟩