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Pedantic nitpick, but pink trombone uses articulatory synthesis, which is a distinct technique from formant synthesis. Articulatory synthesis creates a physica
by matheist 3y ago
Pedantic nitpick, but pink trombone uses articulatory synthesis, which is a distinct technique from formant synthesis.
Articulatory synthesis creates a physical model of the vocal tract (usually by treating it as a tube of varying diameter).
Formant synthesis simulates peaks in the spectral signature (i.e. formants) by directly constructing bandpass filters with the appropriate center frequency and bandwidth.
- ajxs 3y agoThanks for pointing that out! It's not a pedantic nitpick at all. It's my mistake. I didn't really know what to call Pink Trombone, so I plucked 'formant synthesiser' out of thin air. The distinction seems really obvious in retrospect. I've always liked physical modeling synthesis. It's a shame that there aren't many commercial synth products featuring models like this.