% IMPORTANT: The following is UTF-8 encoded. This means that in the presence % of non-ASCII characters, it will not work with BibTeX 0.99 or older. % Instead, you should use an up-to-date BibTeX implementation like “bibtex8” or % “biber”. @PHDTHESIS{Kob:59935, author = {Kob, Malte}, othercontributors = {Vorländer, Michael}, title = {{P}hysical modeling of the singing voice}, address = {Aachen}, publisher = {Publikationsserver der RWTH Aachen University}, reportid = {RWTH-CONV-121675}, pages = {VII, 154 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.}, year = {2002}, note = {Aachen, Techn. Hochsch., Diss., 2002}, abstract = {This thesis deals with the physical modeling of the parts of the voice organ relevant for voice generation plus techniques for the measurement of acoustic voice properties. An introduction to characteristics of the voice signal is followed by a literature survey of existing approaches for the most important functional voice components. Algorithms that seem to be suitable for modeling of the singing voice are adopted and extended. The modeling of the vocal fold movement uses a three-dimensional, symmetric multiple mass model that is capable of simulating different voice registers and voice pathologies that are found in singers. For the wave propagation in the space between glottis and mouth opening, the vocal tract, two algorithms are presented, which have been optimized for different applications. The first model is based on cylinder segments and requires a fixed sampling rate that yields a high resolution in space. The second model allows an arbitrary choice of the sampling rate and makes it possible to reduce the number of parameters for the description of the vocal tract by using conical segments. Since the noise component is required for a natural sounding voice, a model is implemented that simulates vortex shedding and sound generation by turbulences. The dependence of the noise component on the choice of the articulated speech sound is described by analysis of the voice signal in the domains of time and frequency. The resonance characteristics of the vocal tract are evaluated with two measurement approaches: a direct method that determines the transfer function and a mobile, non-invasive set-up for the measurement of the acoustic impedance at the mouth. For comparison of the characteristic radiation of the human voice with an artificial singer, a measurement set-up is described that allows a detailed visualization of the directivity. The final part of this work investigates the interaction of the elements of the model. Some examples for the application of the singing voice model to the simulation of different singing styles and voice pathologies are presented. Different voice registers are modelled with special emphasis on the simulation of overtone singing. The impedance measurements were the basis for the parameter choice of the vocal tract model. As a future application of the model, the investigation of voice pathologies is planned. First attempts to model edema of the vocal folds and singer's nodules are presented and the use of the model as a therapeutic tool for voice therapy is discussed.}, cin = {600000}, ddc = {620}, cid = {$I:(DE-82)600000_20140620$}, typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)11}, urn = {urn:nbn:de:hbz:82-opus-3930}, url = {https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/59935}, }