SOMson Demo 10: Understand what you hear
Channel: Musical Acoustics
Date: 2024-03-04

(By now, you should have familiarizes with SOMson through our interactive online-tool: https://homepages.uni-paderborn.de/ruppert/SOMson/ChromaHalb/
Now it's time for you to concentrate and understand the invisible data behind the SOM: Click on the red item on top, and then the one in the middle. What distinguishes them?
Which one has the higher pitch? ⟶ The second one (slightly)
Which one sounds rougher? ⟶ The first one (obviously)
Which one sounds sharper/brighter? ⟶ The first one
Whose loudness fluctuates faster? ⟶ The first one's

Now compare the red item in the middle with the red item at the bottom.
Which one has the higher pitch? ⟶ The second one (obviously)
Which one sounds rougher? ⟶ The second one
Which one sounds sharper/brighter? ⟶ The first one (extremely)
Whose loudness fluctuates faster? ⟶ The first one's (the second one's loudness does not fluctuate at all)

Congratulations, you are able to understand the data behind a SOM through hearing. Feel free to explore more regions of the SOM. And enjoy.