A set of functions are presented for Octave/MATLAB that allow easy, consistent, and properly scaled DFT/FFT analysis of signals and noise. The techniques and functions presented are easily translated ...

Singing experiments with residents of the Bolivian rainforest demonstrate how biology and experience shape the way we hear music. In the lowlands of Bolivia, the most isolated of the Tsimané people ...

Sound-level measurements offer a conventional way to measure sound but do not contain frequency information, making it difficult to compare different sounds or vibration. Octave analysis filters the ...

Our experience of musical intervals and the uncanny “sameness” of octaves is encoded in our neuroanatomy. The neuroscience of music is rich, complex and not without controversy. But some things are ...