Timbre

• A kind of ‘wastebasket’ category.

• Can include ….

  • amplitude envelope variations (attack and decay)
  • gradual changes both in spectral envelope and fundamental frequency
  • the range between tonal and noise-like character
  • the effects of a prefix, an onset of a sound quite dissimilar to the ensuing lasting vibration

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