0 a quality of sound that makes voices or musical instruments sound different from each other: --
1 a feature of sound in music that is produced by a particular instrument or voice --
Can this unification include timbre so that the inner characteristics of its sounds affect the structure of a piece?
The perceptual dimensions underlying similarity judgments between pairs of timbres are based on the amplitude pattern of the spectra.
Stationary instrumental groups are placed around the audience and successively play sounds of the same pitch and timbre with similar dynamic envelopes (crescendo-decrescendo).
These entries in particular are touching, and indicate the importance of unique timbres and how they signify critical relationships in our lives.
There is a fine line here between timbre and dynamics.
The brightness of the bowed-string timbre produced by the physical model varies with the speed of the virtual bow.
Distance between hands sends control 1 messages, producing other kinds of timbre changes.
Sometimes referred to simply as 'tone color', timbre is actually difficult to define.