Month: October 2014

Convolution and Voices

Convolution

part 1 – The time domain:

(The frequency domain):

The impulse response

• Decomposition
• Unit impulse (delta function)
• convolution (from the input side and output side)
• filters

From the output side:

The convolution sum:

Voices

• Synthesizing voice
  • Formant synthesis:
    • Mark Durham: https://reactivemusic.net/?p=9294,
    • Tutorial by Jordan Smith: https://reactivemusic.net/?p=9290
• vocaloid
  • vocaloid Max example: https://reactivemusic.net/?p=6891
  • Vocaloop (prototyped in Max) http://vocaloop.jp/
  • Singer Songwriter Professional 10 https://reactivemusic.net/?p=6959 from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Co.,_Ltd.
• vocoder
• • vocoder: (ableton Obama vocoder example)
  • How vocoders work: https://reactivemusic.net/?p=17218
  • Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocoder
  • Max/MSP: examples/effects/classic-vocoder-folder/classic_vocoder.maxpat
• Csound FOF example in M4L (m4l-fof-test3
• Bernie Krause: Soundscapes
  • Geophony, Biophony, Anthrophony
  • The Voice of The Natural World: http://blog.ted.com/2013/06/12/the-voice-of-the-natural-world-bernie-krause-at-tedglobal-2013/
  • TED: http://www.ted.com/talks/bernie_krause_the_voice_of_the_natural_world
  • The Nonesuch Guide to Electronic Music (track 25 – periodic 3 square waves) http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-nonesuch-guide-to-electronic-music-collectors-choice-mw0000348044

Examples

• animal sounds in different languages http://foundintranslation.berkeley.edu/?p=2440 (broken link?)
• Derek Abbot’s animal noise page: http://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/Personal/dabbott/animal.html
• Quack project  http://www.quack-project.com/table.cgi
• Douglas Bako – Voicejam: https://reactivemusic.net/?p=7354
• Pitch transposing a baby https://reactivemusic.net/?p=2458
• The sound of nothing: David Tinapple: http://vimeo.com/1962465# (broken link?)
• Bobby McFerrin: (pentatonic scale) http://www.ted.com/talks/bobby_mcferrin_hacks_your_brain_with_music.html
• Alphabet vocals
  • jii lighter https://reactivemusic.net/?p=6970
  • Sesame St http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y819U6jBDog
• Mario Paint Composer 4’33 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/04/free-mario-paint-composer-for-windows-and-mac-mario-does-john-cage/
• Fictional language dialog: https://reactivemusic.net/?p=7242
• The Speech accent archive https://reactivemusic.net/?p=9436
• cataRT https://reactivemusic.net/?p=9264

Questions

• Why do most people not like the recorded sound of their voice?
• Can voice be used as a controller? (Imitone: http://imitone.com)
• How do you recognize voices?
• Does speech recognition work with singing?
• How to remove vocals – https://reactivemusic.net/?p=1498
• How can we listen to ultrasonic animal sounds
• Where can you find Acapella tracks http://www.acapellas4u.co.uk/portal.php http://www.djtechtools.com/2013/07/28/getting-vocals-for-track-acapellas-for-djs/

At Boredpanda. Illustrated by Anjana Iyer

http://www.boredpanda.com/untranslatable-words-found-in-translation-anjana-iyer/