Dual Pitch Perception

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Study program: Digital Media Production
Lecture: Masterklasse 3D Audio & Sound Design
Lecturer(s): Michael Iber
Team leader: Christoph Diem
Team members:
  • Christoph Diem (mp251529)
Short description: Dual Pitch Perception is an interactive audio prototype that explores how resynthesized vocal feedback can help singers perceive and adjust pitch relationships through listening rather than visual correction.

Project description:

“Dual Pitch Perception” explores how auditory feedback can support pitch perception and vocal intonation. The project is developed as an interactive Max/MSP prototype in which users sing in response to a reference tone. Their voice is analysed through pitch tracking and returned as a resynthesized sound, creating a direct audible relationship between the target pitch and the sung pitch. Instead of relying mainly on visual correction or right/wrong feedback, the system focuses on listening as the primary mode of interaction. The project investigates how feedback can be designed to feel supportive, musical and intuitive without disturbing the singer’s own internal sense of pitch. Its main focus is the question of how sound design can strengthen the auditory-vocal feedback loop and help users orient themselves through sound.