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- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 17:58:12 GMT
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- Organization: The University of Leeds, School of Computer Studies
- From: ross-c@scs.leeds.ac.uk
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- Cc:
- Subject: Re: pitch shifting
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- In article <4055@randvax.rand.org> you write:
- >In article <1351@se.alcbel.be> cgra@btma74.nohost.nodomain () writes:
- >>
- >>Aren't pitch shifts by large amounts _always_ going to sound strange?
- >
- >This is an interesting problem, and in at least some cases there are
- >workable solutions. For example, the human voice can be usefully
-
- [Extremely technical description deleted]
-
- >that the formants shift as well. However, by imposing the original
- >spectral envelope on the shifted frequencies the formants can be
- >maintained even though the pitch has changed.
-
- My answer would have been "Yes, but there are things you can do to
- make them sound less strange".
-
- Cheers,
-
- Ross-c
-