soundgen (version 2.4.0)

morph: Morph sounds

Description

Takes two formulas for synthesizing two target sounds with soundgen and produces a number of intermediate forms (morphs), attempting to go from one target sound to the other in a specified number of equal steps. Normally you will want to set temperature very low; the tempEffects argument is not supported.

Usage

morph(
  formula1,
  formula2,
  nMorphs,
  playMorphs = TRUE,
  savePath = NA,
  samplingRate = 16000
)

Arguments

formula1, formula2

lists of parameters for calling soundgen that produce the two target sounds between which morphing will occur. Character strings containing the full call to soundgen are also accepted (see examples)

nMorphs

the number of morphs to produce, including target sounds

playMorphs

if TRUE, the morphs will be played

savePath

if it is the path to an existing directory, morphs will be saved there as individual .wav files (defaults to NA)

samplingRate

sampling rate of output, Hz. NB: overrides the values in formula1 and formula2

Value

A list of two sublists ($formulas and $sounds), each of length nMorphs. For ex., the formula for the second hybrid is m$formulas[[2]], and the waveform is m$sounds[[2]]

See Also

soundgen

Examples

# NOT RUN {
# write two formulas or copy-paste them from soundgen_app() or presets:
playback = c(TRUE, FALSE)[2]
# [a] to barking
m = morph(formula1 = list(repeatBout = 2),
          # equivalently: formula1 = 'soundgen(repeatBout = 2)',
          formula2 = presets$Misc$Dog_bark,
          nMorphs = 5, playMorphs = playback)
 # use $formulas to access formulas for each morph, $sounds for waveforms
 # m$formulas[[4]]
 # playme(m$sounds[[3]])

# }
# NOT RUN {
# morph intonation and vowel quality
m = morph(
  'soundgen(pitch = c(300, 250, 400),
            formants = c(350, 2900, 3600, 4700))',
  'soundgen(pitch = c(300, 700, 500, 300),
            formants = c(800, 1250, 3100, 4500))',
  nMorphs = 5, playMorphs = playback
)

# from a grunt of disgust to a moan of pleasure
m = morph(
  formula1 = 'soundgen(sylLen = 180, pitch = c(160, 160, 120), rolloff = -12,
    nonlinBalance = 70, subDep = 15, jitterDep = 2,
    formants = c(550, 1200, 2100, 4300, 4700, 6500, 7300),
    noise = data.frame(time = c(0, 180, 270), value = c(-25, -25, -40)),
    rolloffNoise = 0)',
  formula2 = 'soundgen(sylLen = 320, pitch = c(340, 330, 300),
    rolloff = c(-18, -16, -30), ampl = c(0, -10), formants = c(950, 1700, 3700),
    noise = data.frame(time = c(0, 300, 440), value = c(-35, -25, -65)),
    mouth = c(.4, .5), rolloffNoise = -5, attackLen = 30)',
  nMorphs = 8, playMorphs = playback
)

# from scream_010 to moan_515b
# (see online demos at http://cogsci.se/soundgen/humans/humans.html)
m = morph(
  formula1 = "soundgen(
    sylLen = 490,
    pitch = list(time = c(0, 80, 250, 370, 490),
    value = c(1000, 2900, 3200, 2900, 1000)),
    rolloff = c(-5, 0, -25), rolloffKHz = 0,
    temperature = 0.001,
    jitterDep = c(.5, 1, 0), shimmerDep = c(5, 15, 0),
    formants = c(1100, 2300, 3100, 4000, 5300, 6200),
    mouth = c(.3, .5, .6, .5, .3))",
  formula2 = "soundgen(sylLen = 520,
    pitch = c(300, 310, 300),
    ampl = c(0, -30),
    temperature = 0.001, rolloff = c(-18, -25),
    jitterDep = .05, shimmerDep = 2,
    formants = list(f1 = c(700, 900),
      f2 = c(1600, 1400),
      f3 = c(3600, 3500), f4 = c(4300, 4200)),
    mouth = c(.5, .3),
    noise = data.frame(time = c(0, 400, 660),
    value = c(-20, -10, -60)),
    rolloffNoise = c(-5, -15))",
 nMorphs = 5, playMorphs = playback
)
# }