Re: Origin of the Mel frequency scale equation?

[Christine Rankovic <rankovic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It might be:

Stevens, S., and J. Volkmann (1940).  The relation of pitch to frequency:  A 
revised scale.  Am. J. Psychol. 53:329-353.

Sincerely,

Christine Rankovic, PhD
rankovic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arturo Camacho" <acamacho@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 1:09 AM
Subject: Origin of the Mel frequency scale equation?


> Dear members of the list,
>
> I am looking for the reference of first use of the equation
>
> m = C log(1+f/700)
>
> known as mel frequency scale transformation. In Wikipedia says that the
> scale was originated by Stevens, Volkman and Newman in 1937 (J. Acoust.
> Soc. Am 8(3) 185--190), but the paper only has tabulated data and no
> equation. The paper by S.B. Davis & P. Mermelstein (1980), "Comparison of
> parametric representations for monosyllabic word recognition in
> continuously spoken sentences", IEEE Trans. on ASSP 28, 357-366 is usually
> cited in the speech recognition community as origin of MFCCs, but the
> equation is absent there as well.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Arturo
>
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