Elements Of Human Voice by C. Julian Chen

This is the first book about human voice that includes the physics and physiology of voice production, mathematical representations, and technology applications in a single volume by a single author from a single and novel point of view. The book expounds a novel and unified view on human voice, targeting at researchers, practitioners and students of several different fields of science and technology, including physiology and medicine, acoustics, computer science, linguistics especially phonetics, and musicology.

► Contents:

• Preface

Physics and Physiology:

• Acoustic Waves
• Voice Organs
• Experimental Facts
• The Physics of Voice Production

Mathematical Representations:

• Timbron Extraction
• Timbre Vectors
• Waveform Recovery
• Applications

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