Re: In search of Basic Pedagogical Audio Material

[John Young <jyoung@xxxxxxxxx>]

Further to this I'm interested to know about the availability of 'Ear and
Brain: How We Make Sense of Sounds'.

J

Dr John Young
Reader in Music Technology
Music, Technology and Innovation
De Montfort University
Leicester LE1 9BH
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0116) 207-8220
Fax: +44 (0116) 257-7199

http://www.mti.dmu.ac.uk/~jyoung/

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> From: 	Diana Deutsch
> Reply To: 	Diana Deutsch
> Sent: 	Wednesday, January 11, 2006 19:15 PM
> To: 	AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: 	Re: In search of Basic Pedagogical Audio Material
> 
> Dear Olivier,
> 
> I have two CDs out which illustrate various 
> principles of perceptual organization for sound 
> and music. These are entitled 'Musical Illusions 
> and Paradoxes' and 'Phantom Words, and Other 
> Curiosities'. I routinely play demonstrations 
> from these CDs in large introductory classes, and 
> they are very well received by the students. The 
> CDs are available through 
> http://www.philomel.com. Some of the the sound 
> demonstrations are also posted on this website, 
> and some others are posted on 
> http://www-psy.ucsd.edu/~ddeutsch.
> 
> Please let me know if you'd like any further information.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Diana Deutsch
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> Professor Diana Deutsch
> Department of Psychology                          
> University of California, San Diego
> 9500 Gilman Dr. #0109            
> La Jolla, CA 92093-0109, USA
> 
> 858-453-1558 (tel)
> 858-453-4763 (fax)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >Dear all,
> >
> >Within a very short (2 days) course on Sound 
> >Synthesis, I would like to introduce the very 
> >basics of psycoacoustics.... in something like 1 
> >hour, or less !
> >
> >I already have the sufficient scientific background & material.
> >Unfortunately I have no exemplary sound.
> >
> >Would anyone have a WWW pointer, or a CD 
> >reference, that would help me finding such basic 
> >exemplary sounds ?
> >
> >I would be particularly interested in sound examples on :
> >- perception of Timbre (3D timbre space, 
> >suppression of attacks or of spectral enveloppe 
> >evolution, emergence of several instruments by 
> >applying vibrato...)
> >- sound localization, room and space perception
> >- perception of pitch (of sine sounds, to begin)
> >- eventually auditory illusions
> >
> >Note that I don't plan on offering a deep 
> >introduction to psychouacoustics at all.
> >Basically, the simple message I would like to 
> >transmit to learners is that audio perception is 
> >something complex, sometimes astonishing.
> >
> >I did not find such www pointers in the list archive, nor on google.
> >
> >I consider generally that asking for pedagogical material is not very
> nice...
> >I allow myself to do so in that case because the 
> >core topic of my course is not psychoacoustics, 
> >and because I am only looking for the basics.
> >
> >Hope you'll understand !
> >
> >I thank you all in advance,
> >all the best,
> >
> >Olivier Tache
> >
> >--
> >Olivier Tache
> >Associate Researcher - Doctorate Applicant
> >Laboratoire Informatique et Création Artistique
> >INPG, 46, av. Félix Viallet
> >38031 Grenoble Cedex, France
> >Tel. +33 (0) 476574660
> >Fax +33 (0) 476574889
> 
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