So I am currently doing some research into the perception of synthesized timbre to try to find out whether there are differences in the perception of timbre in music that is based on synthesized sound, and what those differences are. There has been quite a bit of research into the perception of timbre, and the timbre space of traditional western musical instruments (Wessel, Grey, Gordon, Risset, etc.) but I was wondering whether anyone knows about any research into the perception of timbre in synthesized music and sound, and perception of timbre in other musical systems besides the western music tradition.
My specific interest in synthesized timbre, but I am also interested non-western timbre perception. Ideally, I could find a timbre space representation like Wessel or Grey/Gordon, but derived from other sources.
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