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| author | Sutar, Pratik Naradowsky, Jason Miyao, Yusuke |
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| contents | Natural language is commonly used to describe instrument timbre, such as a "warm" or "heavy" sound. As these descriptors are based on human perception, there can be disagreement over which acoustic features correspond to a given adjective. In this work, we pursue a data-driven approach to further our understanding of such adjectives in the context of guitar tone. Our main contribution is a dataset of timbre adjectives, constructed by processing single clips of instrument audio to produce varied timbres through adjustments in EQ and effects such as distortion. Adjective annotations are obtained for each clip by crowdsourcing experts to complete a pairwise comparison and a labeling task. We examine the dataset and reveal correlations between adjective ratings and highlight instances where the data contradicts prevailing theories on spectral features and timbral adjectives, suggesting a need for a more nuanced, data-driven understanding of timbre. |
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| spellingShingle | Does it Chug? Towards a Data-Driven Understanding of Guitar Tone Description Sutar, Pratik Naradowsky, Jason Miyao, Yusuke Sound Artificial Intelligence Audio and Speech Processing Natural language is commonly used to describe instrument timbre, such as a "warm" or "heavy" sound. As these descriptors are based on human perception, there can be disagreement over which acoustic features correspond to a given adjective. In this work, we pursue a data-driven approach to further our understanding of such adjectives in the context of guitar tone. Our main contribution is a dataset of timbre adjectives, constructed by processing single clips of instrument audio to produce varied timbres through adjustments in EQ and effects such as distortion. Adjective annotations are obtained for each clip by crowdsourcing experts to complete a pairwise comparison and a labeling task. We examine the dataset and reveal correlations between adjective ratings and highlight instances where the data contradicts prevailing theories on spectral features and timbral adjectives, suggesting a need for a more nuanced, data-driven understanding of timbre. |
| title | Does it Chug? Towards a Data-Driven Understanding of Guitar Tone Description |
| topic | Sound Artificial Intelligence Audio and Speech Processing |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.11769 |