Pearson, Edward R. S. (1991) The multiresolution Fourier transform and its application to polyphonic audio analysis. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

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Abstract

Many people listen to, or at least hear, some form of music almost every day of their lives.
However, only some of the processes involved in creating the sensations and emotions evoked by
the music are understood in any detail. The problem of unravelling these processes has been much
less thoroughly investigated than the comparable topics of speech and image recognition; this has
almost certainly been caused by the existence of a greater number of applications awaiting this
knowledge. Nevertheless, the area of music perception has attracted some attention over the last
few decades and there is an increasing interest in the subject largely arising from the availability of
suitably powerful technology. It is becoming feasible to use such technology to construct artificial
hearing devices which attempt to reproduce the functionality of the human auditory system. The
construction of such devices is both a powerful method of verifying operational theories of the
human auditory system and may ultimately provide a means of analysing music in more detail
than man. In addition to the analytical benefits, techniques developed in this manner are readily
applicable to the creative aspects of music, such as the composition of new music and musical
sounds.

Item Type:	Thesis or Dissertation (PhD)
Subjects:	M Music and Books on Music > ML Literature of music Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Musical perception -- Computer programs, Fourier transformations
Official Date:	September 1991
Dates:	Date Event September 1991 Submitted
Institution:	University of Warwick
Theses Department:	Department of Computer Science
Thesis Type:	PhD
Publication Status:	Unpublished
Supervisor(s)/Advisor:	Wilson, Roland, 1949-
Sponsors:	Science and Engineering Research Council (Great Britain) (SERC) ; Solid State Logic Ltd.
Extent:	vii, 165 leaves
Language:	eng
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/35769

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