Audio examples for submission to CMMR 2023

Sine 880 & 910 Hz (Whack 33%)

Sine 440 & 470 Hz (Vanilla)

Auditory roughness is a psychoacoustic phenomenon that is often attributed to rapid amplitude modulation or multiple sinusoidal components in a sound that fall within the same critical band of the human ear. It is a physically experienced discomfort that may nevertheless be received differently depending on individual and context.

"The Hearing Test" imagines a world where auditory experiences are routinely adjusted using corrective technology, similar to glasses that adjust the experience of sight. Over the course of the piece, roughness is adjusted using mathematical estimations and adjustments to frequency, amplitude and spatial positioning of sinusoidal components. The listener is encouraged to decide the effectiveness of techniques as the piece grapples with the daunting task of attempting to understand the auditory experience through listening tests. And above all else, the listener is encouraged to pay attention to the pressure on their ears - and enjoy the release whenever possible.

The Hearing Test

Examples from chapter 6 of my dissertation

26-ch6_flutenat_processed

Examples from the second chapter of my dissertation

06-ch2_stretch_adaptive

01-ch3_saw_equal_complex_chord

03-ch3_saw_complex_dissonant

10-ch3_major_chord_tremolo

02-ch3_saw_equal_complex_bashed

Audio examples from chapter 6 of my dissertation. These appended examples explore the use of source separation to show the effectiveness of vibrato matching at masking the presence of multiple sound sources in a mix.

01-ch6_voxvox_mix1

05-ch6_voxvox_vm_comp1

10-ch6_bassoonoboe_va_comp2

04-ch6_voxvox_va_comp2

14-ch6_trumpetvox_mix2

12-ch6_bassoonoboe_vm_comp2

16-ch6_trumpetvox_va_comp2

15-ch6_trumpetvox_va_comp1

17-ch6_trumpetvox_vm_comp1

13-ch6_trumpetvox_mix1

18-ch6_trumpetvox_vm_comp2

Summermood is a composition by Mexican composer Antonio Russek, written in 1981 for bass flute and live electronics. This recording is a work-in-progress demonstration of a project to emulate the original electronics and publicize the score and notes so that the piece can continue to be performed live.

This performance features Sasha Ishov on bass flute and electronics implemented in Pure Data by Jeremy Hyrkas. This project is also done in collaboration with Pablo Dodero Carrillo and Teresa Díaz de Cossio Sánchez.

Jeremy Hyrkas

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