INTSINT: a new algorithm using the OMe scale
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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2018/09/0012/000345Keywords:
Intonation, symbolic coding, INTSINT, algorithm, evaluationAbstract
This presentation reports work in progress on an improved and simplified algorithm for coding the output of the Momel algorithm using the INTSINT alphabet, building on recent work which proposed the Octave-Median scale ($\text{ome} = \log_2(\text{Hz}/\text{Median})$) as a natural scale for the representation of pitch. Preliminary results comparing the output of the new algorithm with that of the standard version show that more values are less than 1 semitone from the Momel output, and the root-mean-square deviation (RMSD) value is also lower. Further work is needed to improve this new algorithm.
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