Re: In search of Basic Pedagogical Audio Material

[Diana Deutsch <ddeutsch@xxxxxxxx>]

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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> 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
>
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