@misc{OetjenRiegerRabletal., author = {Oetjen, Arne and Rieger, Anna and Rabl, Hans-Peter and van de Par, Steven}, title = {The role of dissonance in the sound quality perception for electric vehicles}, series = {The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, volume = {148}, journal = {The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, number = {4}, publisher = {Acoustical Society of America}, doi = {10.1121/1.5147356}, abstract = {Tonal components can be regarded as one of the most relevant components for interior sound quality of electric vehicles, especially at low speeds. Sources for these tones are for example the vehicles' drivetrains but also other technical components. Depending on the driving conditions, due to the interaction of various dominant sources, audible tone complexes can occur. Similar to musical intervals, the different frequency ratios within these complexes can result in consonant or dissonant sensations. The strength of this sensation does not only depend on the frequency relation of the tones but also on their relative levels. In this study, different musical intervals were subjectively rated in terms of their specific consonant or dissonant character. Using an adaptive procedure, sound pairs, each consisting of a two-tone signal, where adjusted to equal dissonance by varying the level of the second tone of one of the two-tone signals. Using the same paradigm, also pairs of equal vehicle sound quality were obtained. With these results, it is possible to quantify dissonance, and theinfluence of dissonance on sound quality expressed in terms of level differences of two-tone signals. These results can help to make the concept of dissonance more useful for sound-engineering applications.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{RiegervandeParRabletal., author = {Rieger, Anna and van de Par, Steven and Rabl, Hans-Peter and Oetjen, Arne}, title = {The contribution of selected auditory sensations to the prediction of preference judgements for consonant and dissonant sounds}, series = {52nd International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering (Inter Noise 2023), Chiba, Greater Tokyo, Japan, 20-23 August 2023}, booktitle = {52nd International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering (Inter Noise 2023), Chiba, Greater Tokyo, Japan, 20-23 August 2023}, abstract = {Product sounds with clearly audible tonal components are often perceived as unpleasant or annoying. If different simultaneously operating aggregates are present in a system, for example vehicle engines and gearboxes, the interaction of tonal components, similar to music, can evoke additional sensations in human auditory perception. Supplementary to a pronounced tonality, such sounds can also yield distinct degrees of consonance or dissonance between tones. Previous studies showed that the perceived dissonance had a high impact on preference judgements for sounds with similar tonality. In experiments of the present study, sounds that differed in tonality were rated with respect to the auditory sensations sharpness, tonality and dissonance by one group of participants while another group only carried out a preference task. Thereout a model for predicting perceived preference is derived from the subjective judgements of auditory sensations. The performance of the preference predictions based on subjective udgements will be compared against purely model-based predictions using different algorithms for acoustic attributes.}, language = {en} }