Errata of "The Perceptual Structure of Sound" by Dik J. Hermes

In the course of the production of this book, in addition to some usual errors, many edits were applied that led to errors or ambiguities that escaped my attention in proof reading the book. For instance, in many cases when a preposition such as "at" or "of" precedes a number followed by "Hz", e.g., "500 Hz", the preposition was removed. In most cases, the reader will directly understand what is meant but, in various cases, the result is ambiguous or incorrect. This "Errata" will hopefully correct these errors and disambiguate otherwise ambiguous expressions.

Dik J. Hermes

 

Page 7:
    line 8: peaks 440 Hz -> peaks at 440 Hz

Page 10:
    line 9: 700 kHz -> 700 Hz

Page 14:
    last line of 2nd paragraph: ticks -> clicks

Page 16:
    line 3 of 3rd paragraph: eight harmonics 440 Hz -> eight harmonics of 440 Hz

Page 24:
    line 6 of 2nd paragraph: the A 440 Hz -> the A of 440 Hz

Page 25:
    line 6 of 3rd paragraph: the A 440 Hz -> the A of 440 Hz

Page 32:
    line 4 of 2nd paragraph: Edwards and Chang -> Parncutt

Page 33:
    line 2 of 2nd paragraph: oscillogram of 400 Hz sinusoid -> oscillogram of a 400-Hz sinusoid
    line 3 of 2nd paragraph: oscillogram of 600 Hz tone -> oscillogram of a 600-Hz tone

Page 34:
    line 8 of 2nd paragraph: multiples 200 Hz -> multiples of 200 Hz
    line 10 of 2nd paragraph: one 421 Hz and the other 621 Hz -> one of 421 Hz and the other of 621 Hz
    line 11 of 2nd paragraph: as low 1 Hz which is beyond the range -> as low as 1 Hz which is below the range

Page 35:
    line 5 of 2nd paragraph: average frequency 500 Hz -> average frequency of 500 Hz
    line 13 of 2nd paragraph: frequency 200 Hz -> frequency of 200 Hz
    line 15 of 2nd paragraph: corresponding 200 Hz -> corresponding to 200 Hz

Page 36:
    line 2: with an F0 200 Hz -> with an F0 of 200 Hz

Page 37:
    line 3 of 2nd paragraph: harmonic 300 Hz -> harmonic of 300 Hz

Page 38:
    line 2 of 2nd paragraph: at 100 Hz -> at least 100 Hz

Page 44:
    line 4: frequency 500 Hz -> frequency is 500 Hz

Page 46,
    line 6 of 4th paragraph: a CF fc 500 Hz -> a CF fc of 500 Hz
    line 6 of 4th paragraph: an MF fm 200 Hz -> an MF fm of 200 Hz

Page 48:
    line 2: multiples 100 Hz -> multiples of 100 Hz
    line 3: frequency 100 Hz -> frequency of 100 Hz
    line 5 of 2nd paragraph: partials 20 Hz -> partials is 20 Hz

Page 56:
    line 10: a CF 500 Hz -> a CF of 500 Hz
    line 10: an MF 200 Hz -> an MF of 200 Hz
    at the end of 4th paragraph: unnumbered equation for s(t): remove prime

Page 57:
    line 1 of 2nd paragraph: the MF 200 Hz -> the MF is 200 Hz

Page 58:
    line 6 of 2nd paragraph: well 0 Hz -> well above 0 Hz
    line 5 of 3rd paragraph: As the CF 500 Hz and the MF 200 Hz, -> As the CF is 500 Hz and the MF is 200 Hz,
    line 7 of 3rd paragraph: the CF 500 Hz -> the CF of 500 Hz
    line 9 of 3rd paragraph: the MD 200 Hz -> the MD is 200 Hz
    line 10 of 3rd paragraph: the CF 500 Hz -> the CF of 500 Hz
    line 10 of 3rd paragraph: instantaneous frequency 300 Hz -> instantaneous frequency is 300 Hz
    line 12 of 3rd paragraph: an F0 100 Hz -> an F0 of 100 Hz
    line 5 of 4th paragraph: low 100 Hz -> low as 100 Hz
    line 5 of 4th paragraph: of Fig. 1.44. It -> of Fig. 1.44, it
    last line: odd harmonics 100 Hz -> odd harmonics of 100 Hz

Page 59:
    line 10: the partials 190 Hz -> the partials is 190 Hz
    line 12: the partials 10 Hz -> the partials is 10 Hz
    line 18: the MF 190 Hz -> the MF of 190 Hz

Page 61:
    line 6: frequencies 600 -> frequencies of 600
    line 10: an F0 100 Hz -> an F0 of 100 Hz
    line 11: the CF 500 Hz and the MF 200 Hz -> the CF of 500 Hz and the MF of 200 H

Page 65:
    line 2 of 2nd paragraph: lower 50 Hz -> lower than 50 Hz

Page 69:
    line 3 of 2nd paragraph: F0 500 Hz -> F0 of 500 Hz

Page 71:
    line 3 of 2nd paragraph: harmonics 500 Hz -> harmonics of 500 Hz
    line 12 of 3rd paragraph: a frequency 50 Hz -> a frequency of 50 Hz
    line 13 of 3rd paragraph: frequency 50 Hz -> frequency of 50 Hz

Page 72:
    line 6: had F0s 500 Hz -> had F0s of 500 Hz
    line 9: 50 harmonics 20 Hz -> 50 harmonics of 20 Hz

Page 77:
    line 4: because, 20 Hz -> because, from 20 Hz

Page 85:
    line 7: tones 440 Hz -> tones is 440 Hz

Page 144:
    line 1 of 2nd paragraph: Three -> Two

Page 149:
    line 20: that 500 Hz -> that below 500 Hz
    line 20: A 500 Hz -> Above 500 Hz

Page 151:
    line 6: critical bands 500 Hz -> critical bands below 500 Hz

Page 153:
    line 5 of 2nd paragraph: pl is 25 -> pu is 25

Page 161:
    line 3 of 5th paragraph: from 0 0 Hz -> from 0 at 0 Hz

Page 165:
    line 2: minimum 15000 Hz -> minimum around 15000 Hz

Page 167:
    line 3: transfer 50 Hz -> transfer at 50 Hz
    line 5: threshold 50 Hz -> threshold at 50 Hz
    line 5: higher than 500 Hz -> higher that at 500 Hz
    line 17 of 2nd paragraph: frequencies 500 Hz, but 500 Hz -> frequencies above 500 Hz, but below 500 Hz
    line 18 of 2nd paragraph: until, 52 Hz -> until, at 52 Hz
    line 2 of 3rd paragraph: between 500 50 Hz -> between 500 and 50 Hz
    line 3 of 3rd paragraph: threshold 50 Hz than 500 Hz -> threshold at 50 Hz than at 500 Hz

Page 168:
    line 4: higher 500 Hz -> higher than 500 Hz

Page 182:
    line 1: harmonic 400 Hz -> harmonic of 400 Hz

Page 185:
    line 2/3: http://www.aes.org/elib/browse.cfm?elib=10272 ->
    https://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=10272

Page 225:
    line 10 of 2nd paragraph: scale in on 440 Hz -> scale in A on 440 Hz

Page 247:
    last line of 2nd paragraph: Sect. 9.1 -> Sect. 9.11.1

Page 291:
    line 6: Lakatos [126] and McAdams et al. [150] -> McAdams et al. [150], Lakatos [126]

Page 296:
    line 4: and the that -> and that

Page 349:
    last line of 2nd paragraph: than 2. -> than 2 sone.

Page 357:
    line 5: although [30] -> although Gockel et al. [30]

Page 366:
    line 6 of 2nd paragraph: from 8-1 sone -> from 8 to 1 sone

Page 370:
    line 4: Instead, [57] -> Instead, Moore et al. [57]

Page 428:
    line 4 of 4th paragraph: presented by Licklider -> presented in 1951 by Licklider

Page 458:
    line 10 of 2nd paragraph: frequencies 500 Hz -> frequencies below 500 Hz
    line 11 of 2nd paragraph: frequencies 500 and 2000 Hz -> frequencies between 500 and 2000 Hz

Page 480:
    line 8: 351 -> 353

Page 485:
    line 7 of 3rd paragraph: at the entrance -> at the entrance of the

Page 491:
    line 10 of 3rd paragraph: about 2 3 Hz -> about 2 to 3 Hz

Page 502:
    line 9 of 2nd paragraph: an F0 210 Hz -> an F0 of 210 Hz
    line 10 of 2nd paragraph: an F0 440 Hz -> an F0 of 440 Hz

Page 512:
    line 9 of 2nd paragraph: A 800 Hz -> Above 800 Hz

Page 513
    last line: best 250 Hz -> best around 250 Hz

Page 522:
    line 8 of 2nd paragraph: for DRR of 0 and 10 dB -> for DRRs of 0 and 10 dB

Page 535:
    line 8: filtered 500 Hz -> filtered at 500 Hz
    line 6 of 3rd paragraph: synchro and -> synchrony and

Page 627:
    line 3 of 2nd paragraph: Chaps. 7 and, two -> Chaps 7 and 8, two
    line 10 of 2nd paragraph: in 20-60 dB -> in 20 ms to 60 dB

Page 722:
    line 8 of 3rd paragraph: [68, 439, pp. 139] -> [68, p. 138, p. 439]

Page 735:
    line 3 of 3rd paragraph: can be reallocated over the -> can be allocated to

Page 794:
    line 10 of 3rd paragraph: they are not completely independent -> there are some complexities