Only coding parameters of sound generation model • LPC is an example where parameters are a1, a2, …ak , e(n) • Music instrument parameters: pitch, loudness, timbre, …Frequency Masking: If a tone of a certain frequency and amplitude is

This paper presents a quantitative metric to describe the multidimensional spectral envelope perception related to the spectral element of timbre. Melcepstrum is chosen as a hypothetical metric for spectral envelope perception due to its desirable pr