General qualities

Quiet/Loud
Low/High
Short/Long
Close/Distant
Non Dynamic/Dynamic
Tonal/Noisy
Natural/Artificial

Timbre

Dull/Bright
Smooth/Rough
Dry/Resonnant
Non Nasal/Nasal
Non Rich/Rich
Non Round/Round
Warm
Strident
Metallic

Morphology

Fast/Slow Attack
Fast/Slow Release
Crescendo/Decrescendo
Ascending/Descending
Constant/Fluctuating
Continuous/Discontinuous

words4sounds.speak (en)

Other language for this dimension : fr

Constant/Fluctuating

The constant or fluctuating aspect of a sound is related to the absence or presence of pitch variations over time. The pitch of a constant sound does not vary: one always hears the same note. The pitch of a fluctuating sound varies over time.

Musical instruments Female/Male voices Environmental sounds Simple sounds Complex sounds

Musical instruments

Constant

ConstantInstrRV.wav 00:00

Fluctuant

FluctuantInstrRV.wav 00:00

Female/Male voices

Constant

Constant Femme RV 00:00

ConstantHommeRV.wav 00:00

Fluctuant

FluctuantFemmeRV.wav 00:00

FluctuantHommeRV.wav 00:00

Environmental sounds

Constant

ConstantEnvFH.wav 00:00

Fluctuant

FluctuantEnvFH.wav 00:00

Simple sounds

Constant

ConstantSynth1RV.wav 00:00

Fluctuant

FluctuantSynth1RV.wav 00:00

Complex sounds

Constant

ConstantSynth2RV.wav 00:00

Fluctuant

FluctuantSynth2RV.wav 00:00

00:00