Singing synthesis with an evolved physical model

A two-dimensional physical model of the human vocal tract is described. Such a system promises increased realism and control in the synthesis. of both speech and singing. However, the parameters describing the shape of the vocal tract while in use are not easily obtained, even using medical imaging techniques, so instead a genetic algorithm (GA) is applied to the model to find an appropriate configuration. Realistic sounds are produced by this method. Analysis of these, and the reliability of the technique (convergence properties) is provided

Analysis on Using Synthesized Singing Techniques in Assistive Interfaces for Visually Impaired to Study Music

Tactile and auditory senses are the basic types of methods that visually impaired people sense the world. Their interaction with assistive technologies also focuses mainly on tactile and auditory interfaces. This research paper discuss about the validity of using most appropriate singing synthesizing techniques as a mediator in assistive technologies specifically built to address their music learning needs engaged with music scores and lyrics. Music scores with notations and lyrics are considered as the main mediators in musical communication channel which lies between a composer and a performer. Visually impaired music lovers have less opportunity to access this main mediator since most of them are in visual format. If we consider a music score, the vocal performer’s melody is married to all the pleasant sound producible in the form of singing. Singing best fits for a format in temporal domain compared to a tactile format in spatial domain. Therefore, conversion of existing visual format to a singing output will be the most appropriate nonlossy transition as proved by the initial research on adaptive music score trainer for visually impaired [1]. In order to extend the paths of this initial research, this study seek on existing singing synthesizing techniques and researches on auditory interfaces

Untersuchungen zur Sprechtraktakustik

Die Dissertation betrachtet zunächst die Anatomie der Lautentstehung und die Historie von Untersuchungen zu Sprechtraktakustik (u.a. Ibn Sina, Hook, Mical, Kratzenstein, Kempelen, Faber, Wheatstone, Helmholz, Riesz, Dunn, Chiba, Kajiyama, Kelly, Lochbaum, Saito, Itakura, Burg ) und geht insbesondere auf das Rohrmodell zu Beschreibung der Vokaltraktakustik ein. Mittels Finiter-Differenzen wird die Aksutik der Sprechens dann dreidimensional beschrieben, und die zuätzlich auftretenden Effekte betrachtet. Fur die sich beim Sprechen schnell bewegende Mundhöhle wird ein Verfahren entwickelt und untersucht, mittels Sprachsignalen durch inverse Filterung und MRT-Aufnahmen die räumliche Konfiguration zu bestimmen. Für den Nasaltrakt wurden dreidimensional abbildende Verfahren aus der medizinischen Diagnostik verglichen (MRT und CT), und anhand eines Computer-Tomographischen Datensatzes die akustischen Vorgänge dreidimensional bestimmt