soundgen (version 2.7.2)

lockToFormants: Lock to formants

Description

Internal soundgen function

Usage

lockToFormants(
  pitch,
  specEnv,
  formantSummary,
  rolloffMatrix = NULL,
  lockProb = 0.1,
  minLength = 3,
  plot = FALSE
)

Arguments

pitch

pitch contour, numeric vector (normally pitch_per_gc)

specEnv

spectral envelope as returned by getSpectralEnvelope

formantSummary

matrix of exact formant frequencies (formants in rows, time in columns)

rolloffMatrix

rolloff matrix as returned by getRolloff

lockProb

the (approximate) proportion of sound affected by formant locking

minLength

the minimum number of consecutive pitch values affected (shorter segments of formant locking are ignored)

plot

if TRUE, plots the original and modified pitch contour

Details

When f0 or another relatively strong harmonic is close to one of the formants, the pitch contour is modified so as to "lock" it to this formant. The relevant metric is energy gain (ratio of amplitudes before and after the adjustment) penalized by the magnitude of the necessary pitch jump (in semitones) and the amplitude of the locked harmonic relative to f0.

Examples

n = 50
pitch = getSmoothContour(len = n, anchors = c(600, 2000, 1900, 400),
  thisIsPitch = TRUE, plot = TRUE)
rolloffMatrix = getRolloff(pitch_per_gc = pitch)
specEnv = getSpectralEnvelope(nr = 512, nc = length(pitch),
  formants = list(f1 = c(800, 1200), f2 = 2000, f3 = c(3500, 3200)),
  lipRad = 0, temperature = .00001, plot = TRUE)
formantSummary = t(data.frame(f1 = c(800, 1200), f2 = c(2000, 2000), f3 = c(3500, 3200)))
pitch2 = soundgen:::lockToFormants(pitch = pitch, specEnv = specEnv,
  rolloffMatrix = rolloffMatrix,
  formantSummary = formantSummary,
  lockProb = .5, minLength = 5, plot = TRUE)
pitch3 = soundgen:::lockToFormants(pitch = pitch, specEnv = specEnv,
  rolloffMatrix = rolloffMatrix,
  formantSummary = formantSummary,
  lockProb = list(time = c(0, .7, 1), value = c(0, 1, 0)),
  minLength = 5, plot = TRUE)