Re: Emotional associations with timbres and note intervals

[Adrian Attard Trevisan <a.trevisan@xxxxxxxxx>]

That would be very interesting to see. I'm very new to the area , so 
please keep me informed with any outcome . I am very interested in how 
that kind of software would develop . I think you may want to try 
establishing a relation as of BPM (Beats per minute)

-Adrian




John Proctor wrote:
> That sounds very interesting too. Is it correct that below the 
> threshold we may receive information subliminally that could then 
> influence our perception of later sound events by increasing out 
> sensitivity to them? I would be really interested to hear about this 
> as I'm sure it could be used (and probably already is used) in musical 
> composition to create greater impact by "preparing" the listener for 
> an event without them being aware of it. I would have thought that it 
> could also be relevant to sound compression as if we remove everything 
> from a recording that is not perceived consciously then it is possible 
> that some of these subliminal effects may be lost.
>
> My personal interest in these things is driven currently by an attempt 
> to develop a new type of composition software that allows the user to 
> start with ideas such as experiences or emotions and then follow 
> associations through an interactive algorithm to the point where a 
> complete audio recording of a piece of music has been produced. It's 
> pretty ambitious but that's why it's interesting.
>
> Regards,
>
> John.
>
> Adrian Attard Trevisan wrote:
> > Hello John
> >
> > That is well interesting , I'll see if I come across something like 
> > that in my research . I'm working on "pulsation treshholds" at the 
> > moment for my dissertation , in order to identify when the ear 
> > perceives sound in different pulses and when it does start 
> > transferring whole chunks of information to the Auditory Cortex .
> >
> > Would be very interesting to combine both answers as I'm very 
> > interested in Artificial Intelligence . Im sure with Python and C++ a 
> > software to emulate Emotional Sounds can easily be developed .
> >
> > Adrian Attard Trevisan
> > Msc Student
> > Ear Institute
> > University College London
> > London
> >
> >
> >
> > John Proctor wrote:
> > > Hello All,
> > >
> > > Has anyone on the list done any research or have any thoughts or 
> > > opinions on the reasons for the spontaneous experience of particular 
> > > emotions on hearing certain timbres or note intervals. Some such 
> > > sounds appear to posses a quality of happiness or sadness  but it is 
> > > difficult to say why. Is this emotional reaction inherent in our 
> > > auditory/emotional systems or is it conditioned through early 
> > > exposure to sounds such as laughter or crying? If it is inherent, 
> > > then is there evidence that it is inherited through a process of 
> > > evolutionary selection? Or is there some other explanation that I am 
> > > missing? I'd be really interested to hear people's thoughts on this 
> > > as it's been on my mind a lot recently.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > John Proctor
> > > Humanoid Sound Systems
> > > http://www.humanoidsounds.co.uk
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