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Source Attributes as Descriptors

• Big Dog, Metal floor, Hollow wood

• Benefits
  • Often easier than source identification, or still possible when source identification is not
  • Are often “scalar” (eg. size, hollowness)

• Drawbacks
  • Still difficult or impossible for some sounds
  • Many unrelated sounds can have the same attributes
  • Subjective

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