Wednesday, November 17, 2010

How do you use a soundwave to create voice?

I've been listening to music watching that ';scope'; visualization in Windows Media Player all day. I know that Amplitude = Volume, and Frequency = Pitch, but how do you change voice? Is it just a complex permutation of pitch and volume, or is there another characteristic to a soundwave that creates voice?How do you use a soundwave to create voice?
Sounds are composed of a combination of frequencies with the right amplitude and phase relationship, plus other factors like Attack and Decay. To generate or synthesize a given sound with its particular timber, let's say that of a flute, you would have to simultaneously generate its combination of frequencies, at their corresponding amplitudes, etc. The same goes for voice. Except that you would have to generate the sound of each vowel and consonants, then combine them appropriately. You could build a very complex electronic synthesizer that would do that. Now if you want to somewhat imitate the voice with a musical instrument (like an organ), then I suggest you go to youtube.com, search for ';El organo que habla'; (The talking organ), after about 30 seconds, you could here it saying: ';Cuando se quiere de veras como te quiero yo a ti......es imposible mi vida tan separados vivir....';. It's a bit hard to understand, more so if don't know Spanish. But, this is a proof that it can be done. Keep in mind that this was done about 55 years ago!How do you use a soundwave to create voice?
Well, hypothetically, it's doable, since you can clearly digitize and record voices, and even synthesize voices. You might look for a free voice synthesis or audio reader program to see what they sound like.



For a high quality voice synthesis, it would be much more involved, requiring the construction of a throat and mouth model that is then exercised to generate the appropriate sounds, overtones, etc.

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