Subject: Re: Stream segregation From: Eric Scheirer <eds(at)media.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 10:18:51 -0500David Temperley wrote: >I'm looking around for computational models of musical stream segregation. >Specifically, I'm looking for systems that can take the notes of a piece >(as in a MIDI file, for example) and group them into contrapuntal lines. >(So I'm interested in what Bregman calls "sequential integration" -- NOT >simultaneous integration, i.e., grouping of partials into notes.) Does >anyone know of any such models? Note that there is a theoretical assumption embedded in your question, namely that simultaneous integration precedes sequential integration. In order for "notes" to exist as a perceptual/cognitive representation, we must presuppose a processing step that accurately extracts them from an acoustic signal. The psychoacoustic validity of a MIDI-like representation (one that depends on "notes") is open to some question, in my opinion. That said, I would also be interested to hear of such computational models. Best, -- Eric +-----------------+ | Eric Scheirer |A-7b5 D7b9|G-7 C7|Cb C-7b5 F7#9|Bb |B-7 E7| |eds(at)media.mit.edu| < http://sound.media.mit.edu/~eds > | 617 253 0112 |A A/G# F#-7 F#-/E|Eb-7b5 D7b5|Db|C7b5 B7b5|Bb| +-----------------+