Huron's model ("Albert Bregman, Tel: 514-398-6103" )

Subject: Huron's model
From:    "Albert Bregman, Tel: 514-398-6103"  <IN09(at)MUSICB.MCGILL.CA>
Date:    Thu, 17 Dec 1992 17:17:47 EST

Forwarded message from: vciocca(at)hkuxa.hku.hk (Ciocca, Valter)
Subject: Re: David Huron's model
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 12:37:01 WST

>
> RE DAVID HURON'S SCENE ANALYSIS MODEL:
>
> I THINK THAT BASING A WHOLE SCENE ANALYSIS SYSTEM ON PITCH IS NOT
> THE RIGHT THING TO DO IN THE GENERAL CASE.  PITCH SHOULD BE ONLY
> ONE OF THE TIME x FREQUENCY ANALYSES.  PITCH ITSELF COULD
> SOMETIMES DEPEND ON SEQUENTIAL GROUPING, FOR EXAMPLE
  ............
> DIMENSION).  PITCH WOULD COME OUT OF THE ANALYSIS AS WOULD STREAMS,
> PERCEIVED LOCATION, TIMBRE DESCRIPTIONS, ETC.
>
  In support of Al's point that pitch can be affected by
  grouping, Chris Darwin and i found that the pitch of a complex
  could be changed by mistuning one of its low-numbered components
  only when the mistuned component was grouped with the
  remaining components of the complex.

  Valter Ciocca