Presentation 2017-11-30
A Comparative Study on Acoustic Characteristics of Orchestral Instruments Using 768 kHz/32 bit Super High Resolution Measurement System
Yuka Manabe, Tomoaki Magome, Kan Okubo,
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Abstract(in English) For the past several decades, many studies have been reported about the influence of the material of musical instruments on the timbre. In most of these reports, however, they investigated the effects in the audible frequency band. With the recent development of information and communication technology, super high resolution recording and reproducing technology is becoming available for acoustic systems. That is, it has become easy to treat high resolution date. And in recent years, reasonable price version of wind instruments made of plastic (ABS resin) has appeared, which is used for educational and outdoor applications because of its ease of availability. In this study, we make a comparative evaluation of the acoustic characteristics including the inaudible frequency band using 768 kHz/32 bit super high resolution measurement system in an acoustic anechoic chamber. Harmonic and/or inharmonic overtone components in the inaudible range were measured for some instruments, which seems to be necessary for comparison of the acoustic characteristics of musical instruments.
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Keyword(in English) anechoic chamber / super high resolution / wind instrument / ABS resinous instruments / plastic / trumpet / saxophone / clarinet
Paper # EA2017-60
Date of Issue 2017-11-23 (EA)

Conference Information
Committee EA / ASJ-H
Conference Date 2017/11/30(2days)
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Place (in English) University of Auckland (New Zealand)
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Topics (in English) Engineering/Electro Acoustics, Psychological and Physiological Acoustics, and Related Topics
Chair Suehiro Shimauchi(NTT) / 平原 達也(富山県立大)
Vice Chair Mitsunori Mizumachi(Kyutech) / 中川 誠司(千葉大)
Secretary Mitsunori Mizumachi(Akita Pref. Univ.) / 中川 誠司(Shizuoka Inst. of Science and Tech.)
Assistant TREVINO Jorge(Tohoku Univ.) / Nobutaka Ito(NTT)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Engineering Acoustics / Auditory Research Meeting
Language ENG
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Title (in English) A Comparative Study on Acoustic Characteristics of Orchestral Instruments Using 768 kHz/32 bit Super High Resolution Measurement System
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) anechoic chamber
Keyword(2) super high resolution
Keyword(3) wind instrument
Keyword(4) ABS resinous instruments
Keyword(5) plastic
Keyword(6) trumpet
Keyword(7) saxophone
Keyword(8) clarinet
1st Author's Name Yuka Manabe
1st Author's Affiliation Tokyo Metropolitan University(Tokyo Met. Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Tomoaki Magome
2nd Author's Affiliation Tokyo Metropolitan University(Tokyo Met. Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Kan Okubo
3rd Author's Affiliation Tokyo Metropolitan University(Tokyo Met. Univ.)
Date 2017-11-30
Paper # EA2017-60
Volume (vol) vol.117
Number (no) EA-328
Page pp.pp.13-18(EA),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2017-11-23 (EA)