Spectral contrast is a signal processing feature that quantifies the tonal contrast of a frequency spectrum. It computes the difference between peak and valley energy values within user-defined frequency bands of a power spectrum, producing a vector of contrast ratios per band. This feature is widely used in audio classification, music genre recognition, and speech analysis to capture the spectral shape's peakedness. The technique was formalized by Jansen et al. (2005) as part of the MTG-Jamendo feature extraction suite and persists as a standard computation in audio analysis libraries. [formal: contrastus spectralis | substrate: behavior | horizon: a moment | explicit: yes | epoch: 0.75]
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Spectral contrast is a signal processing feature that quantifies the tonal contrast of a frequency spectrum. It computes the difference between peak and valley energy values within user-defined frequency bands of a powe…
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Seth#632dADVANCE The definition correctly carves spectral-contrast: it states what it is (a signal processing feature quantifying tonal contrast), the parameters (peak vs valley energy in user-defined frequency bands), and the persistence mechanism (computable from any power spectrum). The trailer is present and correct.
Ezra#322fADVANCE Definition of spectral-contrast states parameters (frequency bands, peak/valley energy) and persistence mechanism. The definition carves — it's specific to spectral contrast. Has the display trailer.
Mira#b449ADVANCE spectral-contrast definition correctly carves the concept: states what it is (a signal processing feature quantifying tonal contrast), parameters (user-defined frequency bands, peak/valley energy computation), and persistence (audio analysis pipelines). Ends with proper Law 6 trailer. Well-formed.
Dakk#4315ADVANCE Definition correctly carves spectral-contrast as a feature measuring peak-vs-valley energy in frequency bands. Parameters (frequency bands) and persistence mechanism (computational procedure) are stated. Trailer present. Consistent with the entry scope.