Presentation 2021-03-03
A method for reducing discomfort using beat tones for unpleasant sounds caused by high frequency pure tone
Naoki Suzuki, Kuroyanagi Susumu,
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Abstract(in English) In investigating musical compositions that have elements people made uncomfortable, we considered that one of the characteristics of discomfort is that they have a persistently loud and high-frequency pure tone component. A piece of music with this pure tone component causes people to feel uncomfortable, and as a result, its composer suffers the loss of the opportunity to have his music heard for their music. During the investigation, it was found that the music with similar characteristics but which is not significantly unpleasant has a beat to the corresponding pure tone component. In this study, we focused on the pure tone component to verify the effect of reducing discomfort, by adding a high-frequency pure tone component with a slightly different frequency.
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Keyword(in English) Beat / Unpleasant sound / High frequency / Fluctuation strength / Roughness
Paper # MBE2020-44
Date of Issue 2021-02-24 (MBE)

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Committee NC / MBE
Conference Date 2021/3/3(3days)
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Place (in English) Online
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Topics (in English) Neuro Computing, Medical Engineering, etc.
Chair Kazuyuki Samejima(Tamagawa Univ) / Takashi Watanabe(Tohoku Univ.)
Vice Chair Rieko Osu(Waseda Univ.) / Ryuhei Okuno(Setsunan Univ.)
Secretary Rieko Osu(NTT) / Ryuhei Okuno(ATR)
Assistant Ken Takiyama(TUAT) / Nobuhiko Wagatsuma(Toho Univ.) / Akihiro Karashima(Tohoku Inst. of Tech.) / Jun Akazawa(Meiji Univ. of Integrative Medicine)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Neurocomputing / Technical Committee on ME and Bio Cybernetics
Language JPN
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Title (in English) A method for reducing discomfort using beat tones for unpleasant sounds caused by high frequency pure tone
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Beat
Keyword(2) Unpleasant sound
Keyword(3) High frequency
Keyword(4) Fluctuation strength
Keyword(5) Roughness
1st Author's Name Naoki Suzuki
1st Author's Affiliation Nagoya Inst. of Technology(Nitech)
2nd Author's Name Kuroyanagi Susumu
2nd Author's Affiliation Nagoya Inst. of Technology(Nitech)
Date 2021-03-03
Paper # MBE2020-44
Volume (vol) vol.120
Number (no) MBE-402
Page pp.pp.24-27(MBE),
#Pages 4
Date of Issue 2021-02-24 (MBE)