New device approach to modeling auditory perception

[Bob Kovsky <rlk@xxxxxxxxx>]

My web page, “An Ear for Pythagorean harmonics” (<a href= 
“www.quadnets.com/harmony/”>www.quadnets.com/harmony/</a>], presents a 
new approach to modeling auditory perception of certain features of 
music.  The new approach involves proposed devices that directly process 
“pulses” (resembling action potentials in nerves) and in which pulses 
and the intervals between pulses make up all the phenomena.

Of course, "pulse theories of music" are well-known.  However, I do not 
state a theory; rather, device designs that embody their own principles.

The web page offers a brief, simplified explanation of the "Ear for 
Pythagorean harmonics," a device design for a system that takes inputs 
of steady pulse streams of frequencies f and g, detects the presence of 
a simple harmonic ratio between the frequencies, e.g., the ratio of 3/2 
that identifies a "perfect fifth" interval, and that signals such 
presence.  A full discussion is offered in a separate technical paper.

Although I am an amateur and not affiliated with an institution, I have 
a solid technical background (BSEE, MIT, Tau Beta Pi; M.A., physics & 
materials science, UC Berkeley) and have been investigating related 
areas for many years.   I will be grateful for any suggestions from 
readers of this list.