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Mel scale

The mel scale (after the word melody) is a perceptual scale of pitches judged by listeners to be equal in distance from one another. The reference point between this scale and normal frequency measurement is defined by assigning a perceptual pitch of 1000 mels to a 1000 Hz tone, 40 dB above the listener's threshold. Above about 500 Hz, increasingly large…

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Just-noticeable differencesGunnar FantCorner frequencyMakhoulERB-rate
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GoogleLyra codecVector-quantized
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MelodyPitchesFrequencyHzDB
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Mel scale

Nodes19
Edges18
Triples22
Avg. degree1.89
Density0.105263
Components1

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Mel scale

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related to External links · 14
Mel scale → Acoustic Ecology, Acoustical Society, America, Bibcode, EB, Handbook, Media, Mel, Newman, SS, Stevens, The Journal, Wikimedia CommonsVolkmann, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
has application · 4
Mel scale → Google's Lyra, MelGAN, The, Use
related to Criticism · 4
Mel scale → Donald, Greenwood, In, Stevens

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hz scale 1000 log mel 10 formula frequency 700 displaystyle left right pitch formulas frac curves mels 2595 logarithmic stevens

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Mel scalehas applicationThe0.60section
Mel scalehas applicationGoogle's Lyra0.60section
Mel scalehas applicationUse0.60section
Mel scalehas applicationMelGAN0.60section
Mel scalerelated to CriticismStevens0.60section
Mel scalerelated to CriticismDonald0.60section
Mel scalerelated to CriticismGreenwood0.60section
Mel scalerelated to CriticismIn0.60section
Mel scalerelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
Mel scalerelated to External linksMedia0.60section
Mel scalerelated to External linksMel0.60section
Mel scalerelated to External linksWikimedia CommonsVolkmann0.60section

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