| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/K72490/01 |
| Title: |
REAL-TIME NATURAL SINGING SYNTHESIS USING NOVEL ARCHITECTURES |
| Principal Investigator: |
Tyrrell, Professor A |
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Electronics |
| Organisation: |
University of York |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 September 1996 |
Ends: |
29 February 2000 |
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188,370
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Human Communication in ICT |
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The aim of this work is to implement a real-time singing synthesiser for use in music performance using novel architectures. The voice is acknowledged as being the most versatile of musical instruments but there is currently no synthetic real-time performance version of this instrument which could be used on stage or in the studio by, for example, non-singers, composers, arrangers and conductors. Singing synthesis, as opposed to speech synthesis, is governed in many of its important aspects by the musical score itself, in particular, the fundamental frequency (FO, or pitch, parameter. Scope will exist for the player to make use of music performance rules which govern the detailed nature of the synthesised voice, as well as for a multiple singer output (the exact number of voices will be determined by the available processing hardware) for the synthesis of choral texture. The proposed system will require: a) an extended bandwidth to that used in speech synthesis,b) An FO control which is musically appropriate,c) A voice source model suitable for singing, andd) A novel user interface to enable both its control and operation in real-time for music performance.
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