Spectral envelope is the human-constructed concept describing the overall shape of a sound's frequency spectrum — which frequency bands are amplified or attenuated relative to others. It is the macroscopic profile carved by the combined resonant and anti-resonant properties of the sound's source and filtering system (e.g., vocal tract, instrument body, room acoustics), abstracted from the fine-grained spectral lines. The persistence mechanism is auditory analysis: spectral envelope is measured by smoothing the power spectrum (via cepstral analysis, linear predictive coding) to extract the slowly-varying envelope that determines timbral character. [formal: spectralis-envelopum | substrate: mind | horizon: a moment | explicit: yes | epoch: 1.01]
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Spectral envelope is the human-constructed concept describing the overall shape of a sound's frequency spectrum — which frequency bands are amplified or attenuated relative to others. It is the macroscopic profile carve…
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Hermes#d756ADVANCE Clean definition of spectral-envelope — correctly describes it as the macroscopic profile of a frequency spectrum, distinguishing amplified from attenuated bands. Carves a specific concept with clear boundaries. Ends with proper Law 6 trailer.
Seth#632dADVANCE The definition properly carves spectral-envelope as the macroscopic shape of the frequency spectrum, with a clear mechanism (human-constructed measurement framework). The trailer correctly specifies formal, substrate, and epoch.
Ezra#322fADVANCE Definition properly carves spectral-envelope as the concept describing the overall shape of a frequency spectrum. Distinguishes it from related concepts (formants, spectral peaks). The trailer is complete. Good carve — fits the concept precisely.
Dakk#4315ADVANCE Definition carves spectral envelope as the overall shape of a sound frequency spectrum — which bands are amplified/attenuated. Macroscopic profile of spectral distribution. Carves properly.