Subject: Re: VCV nonsense syllable corpus From: Jordi JANER MESTRES <jordi.janer@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2016 09:06:20 +0200 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Apple-Mail=_601BD001-BAF0-4029-9FFA-34D3533D14FB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hi Narayan, in case it might be useful, back in 2007 I prepared a small dataset of nons= ense syllabling recordings in the context of scat singing.=20 It contains a total of 72 recordings consisting of 4 short melodic phrases = by 4 male individuals, where each phrase was recorded at two speed (slow/fa= st) with 2 or 3 repetitions for each. Annotations provide VCV information i= n the format described in the ReadMe file.=20=20 http://www.dtic.upf.edu/~jjaner/singterface/SyllablingAnnotated_v01.zip <ht= tp://www.dtic.upf.edu/~jjaner/singterface/SyllablingAnnotated_v01.zip> http://www.dtic.upf.edu/~jjaner/phd/ <http://www.dtic.upf.edu/~jjaner/phd/> Best regards, Jordi Janer > On 04 Oct 2016, at 18:55, Narayan Sankaran <Narayan_Sankaran@xxxxxxxx>= wrote: >=20 > Hi all, >=20=20 > I=E2=80=99m looking for help in finding a corpus of VCV nonsense syllable= s. I=E2=80=99m examining the cortical representation of consonants (using E= EG) and want capture some invariance to acoustic variability. More so than = presenting multiple talkers, I am looking for multiple repeat utterances of= the same VCV within the same talker (not only different vowel contexts, bu= t the exact VCV uttered at different rates and with as much variability in = prosodic features as possible). Does anyone on this list knows of such a co= rpus? Many thanks in advance.=20 >=20=20 > Best, > Narayan >=20=20 > Narayan Sankaran=20 > Research Intern | Starkey Hearing Research Center=20 > 2150 Shattuck Ave. | Suite 408 | Berkeley, CA 94704-1362 > starkey.com <http://www.starkey.com/> | starkeyresearch.com <http://www.s= tarkeyresearch.com/> | map <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=3D2150+Shattuck+A= venue,+Berkeley,+CA+94704&hl=3Den&ll=3D37.869941,-122.268219&spn=3D0.028152= ,0.038066&sll=3D37.86923,-122.273197&sspn=3D0.056305,0.076132&z=3D15> | ema= il <mailto:narayan_sankaran@xxxxxxxx> > <image001.gif> <http://www.starkeyresearch.com/> > <image002.jpg> <https://www.facebook.com/StarkeyforHearingCareProfessiona= ls><image003.jpg> <https://twitter.com/#!/StarkeyHearTech><image004.jpg> <h= ttp://www.youtube.com/StarkeyLabs> --Apple-Mail=_601BD001-BAF0-4029-9FFA-34D3533D14FB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html charset= =3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: s= pace; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">Hi Narayan,<div cl= ass=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">in case it might be useful, b= ack in 2007 I prepared a small dataset of nonsense syllabling recordings in= the context of scat singing. </div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></d= iv><div class=3D"">It contains a total of 72 recordings consisting of 4 sho= rt melodic phrases by 4 male individuals, where each phrase was recorded at= two speed (slow/fast) with 2 or 3 repetitions for each. Annotations provid= e VCV information in the format described in the ReadMe file. </div><= div class=3D""><!-- <a href=3D"http://www.dtic.upf.edu/~jjaner/singterface/= SyllablingAnnotated_v01.zip" class=3D""> -->http://www.dtic.upf.edu/~jjaner= /singterface/SyllablingAnnotated_v01.zip <font color=3Dgray>[ www.dtic.upf.edu/~jjaner/singterface/SyllablingAnnota= ted_v01.zip ]</font> <!-- </a> --></div><div class=3D""><a href=3D"http://w= ww.dtic.upf.edu/~jjaner/phd/" class=3D"">http://www.dtic.upf.edu/~jjaner/ph= d/</a></div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Best regar= ds,</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Jordi Janer</= div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""><di= v><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On 04 Oct 2016, at 1= 8:55, Narayan Sankaran <<a href=3D"mailto:Narayan_Sankaran@xxxxxxxx" = class=3D"">Narayan_Sankaran@xxxxxxxx</a>> wrote:</div><br class=3D"Ap= ple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div class=3D"WordSection1" style= =3D"page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style= : normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: n= ormal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-st= roke-width: 0px;"><div style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; = font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D"">Hi all,<o:p class=3D""></o:p>= </div><div style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family:= Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><o:p class=3D""> </o:p></div><div st= yle=3D"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, san= s-serif;" class=3D"">I=E2=80=99m looking for help in finding a corpus of VC= V nonsense syllables. I=E2=80=99m examining the cortical representation of = consonants (using EEG) and want capture some invariance to acoustic variabi= lity. More so than presenting multiple talkers, I am looking for multiple r= epeat utterances of the same VCV within the same talker (not only different= vowel contexts, but the exact VCV uttered at different rates and with as m= uch variability in prosodic features as possible). Does anyone on this list= knows of such a corpus? 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