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- From: alvin@netcom.com (Alvin H. White)
- Subject: Re: pitch shifting
- Message-ID: <1992Dec13.171630.27454@netcom.com>
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- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 17:16:30 GMT
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- edhall@rand.org (Ed Hall) writes:
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- >One composite technique is to use linear prediction to derive a
- >spectral envelope and a phase vocoder to shift the excitation spectrum.
-
- >A phase vocoder models a sound as a summation of sine waves, using
- >either an FFT or filterbank to determine the frequencies; these can then
- >be shifted proportionally such that the ratios between the frequencies
- >are maintained while the overall pitch is changed. When a phase vocoder
- >is used by itself, the magnitudes of the original frequencies are
- >usually imposed on the corresponding shifted frequencies. This means
- >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.
-
- >The CSOUND package contains both linear prediction and phase vocoder
- >modules, among other goodies. It is available for FTP at
- >media-lab.media.mit.edu.
-
- I had better luck: ftp ems.media.mit.edu:/pub/Csound/csound.tar.Z
-
- >CSOUND is big, complex, and hard to use. If
- >you're serious about computer sound synthesis, though, it is well worth
- >the effort. It runs under various Unices, the NeXT, and the Mac. (I've
- >compiled and run it on a SPARC and a '486, more or less out-of-the-box.)
-
- > -Ed Hall
- > edhall@rand.org
-
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