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Pitch and loudness coding in the auditory system
Pitch and loudness coding in the auditory system is how frequency and intensity are represented via cochlear place codes and phase-locked spike timing, which fails above a few kHz.
Shepard tone
Shepard tone: auditory illusion by Roger Shepard (1964) of octave-spaced components under a fixed bell-shaped envelope, heard as endlessly rising or falling pitch; basis of the Risset glissando, tritone paradox, and film and game sound design.