Family S · Synthetic · Experiment 4F
TEST PITCH WOBBLE
How far does a tone's pitch have to move, briefly, before you notice it moved?
TEST PITCH WOBBLE · RUN
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Test methods
METHOD ANOMALY
What a participant does
A tone plays continuously. Brief pitch wobbles are introduced at several rates. You press once when the pitch actually moves.
The headline number
Pitch movement needed for a wobble to be noticed, against wobble rate
- Unit
- cents
- Measured against
- the carrier's own pitch, immediately before and after, in the same session
Analysis
Estimators, uncertainty, and result interpretation are documented under Results and analysis.
Practicalities
- Session
- 10 min
- Course context
- Chapter 4