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TT-608 TT-608
BY
WERNER MEYER-EPPLER
FROM
TECH. HAUSMITT. NWDR, 6: 29 - 39, 1954
TRANSLATED BY
H. A. G. NATHAN
OTTAWA
1956
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA
Technical Translation TT-608
Summary
1. Definitions
*DIN 1320
**The explanations contain the following sentence: "It is a
mown fact that the definition of the terms' tone ,t and 'musical
sound " in acoustics differs from those in music. The musician
denotes a simple musical sound as'tone t but a musical-sound
mixture as "musica1 sound t (e. g. a triad)".
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6. Non-steadY Processes
o~ the bands are cut not at right angles to the band edge but
obliquely. Crackling at the initiation of electrically controlled
tones or sounds may be prevented by employing special circuit
. ,
parameters. I~ a hard starting and failing process is passed
through a ~ilter whose pass-band is narrower than the spectrum,
which has been widened owing to the discontinuous changes in
oscillations, then the physiological building-up and dying-out
processes are suppressed physically. Hence the tone and sound
sensations start and fade gently.
Table
Listing the harmonics occurring when a simple tone
and a sound are mixed multiplicatively
Appendix (Mathematics)
(t - '&')
- lit
fer t > 't"
H(t - '&') = fer t < 't"
(A2)
t "C - t
= At • sin2?tvt J F("C)e At cos 2?tv"t' d"C (A3)
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. t "t' - t
- At· cos 2?tv t J F( "C) e At sin 2?tv"t' d"t'
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t "C - t
f c ( v , t) = J F ( "C ) eAt co s 2?tv"C d"C (A4)
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and
t "C - t
fs(v,t) = J F("C)e At sin 2?tv'&" d'&" (A5)
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fs(v,t)
E(V,t) =Jf c 2 (V,t).+ f s 2 (v,t) sin ( 27tvt - tan- 1 fc(v,t)
(A6)
= f(v,t) sin (2?Cvt - '!(v,t»,
References
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Fig. 1 Fig. 2
Diagrali1 showing stimulus inten- Time-f'requency spectr~
sity and sensation intensity for (a) As a perspective dravring
an initial rirE' pas8:l8G vri th a
sudden increase of' the stimulus (b) Represented by the vari-
intensi ty to f'. able-density method.
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• Ba1'aonic of 8.*
Fig. 3 Fig. 4
Beats of amplitude (hatched lines) Short tone:
between the harmonics of t1;YO
sou.nds g and g/" (= dissonant g 1). (a) Oscillogram
(b) Reproduction diagram and
presumed time-f'requency
spectrum
(c) Correct time-f'requency
spectrum (simplif'ied).
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Fig. 5 Fig. 6
Alternating tones Nomographic detel"'mint::J. tion of the
(alternating tremolo): frequencies occurring in multi-
plicative Hlixture of triO tones.
(a) Reproduction diagram
(b) Relevant time-frequency
spectrum (simplified)-
c.~~,1 /"
JOO~----~.Sou-xid---
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a . liding tone
o ----
"p.~
--------~~--+-~~~-------v,
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--------~~~~~~---------~
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b
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Fig. 7 Fig. 8
NOl11ogr~.:illl of the mul tiplic8. ti ve LIul tiplicE;' ti ve mixture of a
mixture of t'ifO tYII'O-com,rJOnent steady sound and a sliding tone:
tone mixtures.
(a) Reproduction diagrLrra
(b) S:;,:)ectrum (simplified).
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----(=:::>---+---<:=:::J----II.
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2.11oise bands
Fig. 9 Fig. 10
Nomogram of the multiplicative Complete tirc.e-freguency spectrum
mixture of fil ter'ed noise and (after lmahori).
a simple tone.