ReVoice: a control interface for 1d transmission-line analog vowel synthesis

Christie Anne Jeannine Laurent*, Daniel Overholt

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

As an integrated part of the human experience, the voice has nat- urally raised interest amongst audio computing researchers. This has especially been true since the development of modern imaging techniques and increased computational capacities. Voice synthesis is now an active area of investigation, as much for AI design, as for the film industry or pure research purposes. Although various digital models of the vocal tract exist, few authors have proposed a simple physical device allowing a tangible approach to the process of vocalic synthesis. The work presented here is a control interface that gives the users the ability to interact with a voice synthesis algorithm in a tactile manner. ReVoice is an artificial and manipulable vocal tract, whose shape, controlled by the user’s hands, determines the nature of the vowel that is synthesised. More specifically, this can help the user to understand how changes in the vocal tract impact the nature of the vowel. This paper elucidates all designs and specifications that characterise the device and interaction: hardware, software, mapping and use.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 15th International Audio Mostly Conference, AM 2020
Number of pages8
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publication date2020
Pages152-159
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-4503-7563-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Event2020 International Audio Mostly Conference - A Conference on Interaction with Sound - Online, Graz, Austria
Duration: 14 Sept 202017 Sept 2020
https://audiomostly.com/2020/

Conference

Conference2020 International Audio Mostly Conference - A Conference on Interaction with Sound
LocationOnline
Country/TerritoryAustria
CityGraz
Period14/09/202017/09/2020
Internet address

Keywords

  • physical modelling
  • prototyping
  • sonic interaction design
  • sound processing
  • sound shaping
  • source-filter
  • vocal tract
  • vocalic synthesis
  • vowels

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