Subject: Re: Fwd: VCV nonsense syllable corpus From: Volker Hohmann <volker.hohmann@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2016 08:56:50 +0200 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>Dear Narayan, you may want to check http://medi.uni-oldenburg.de/ollo/ (Meyer et al., J. Acoust. Soc. Am.128 (5), 3126-3141). Best, Volker On 07.10.2016 01:44, ABEER ALWAN wrote: > sorry if you have received this message multiple times..i had some > issues with the server. > > > Hi, > Variations in rate are not the same thing as shortening or lengthening > an utterance (it is a non-linear process; the VOT, for example, varies > differently than the vowel when rate changes and initial consonants vary > differently than final ones, etc). The acoustic and perceptual > consequences can be significant especially in difficult listening > situations. We collected such a database a few years ago and I will try > to sort it out and post it soon. > > Regards, > Abeer > > > On Wednesday, October 5, 2016, Matthew Winn <mwinn2@xxxxxxxx > <mailto:mwinn2@xxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > Narayan, > If you or a colleague are familiar with Praat, you can use this > Praat script to generate variations of your stimuli where there are > manipulations of the pitch contour and the duration. You'll end up > with your original sound, an versions where the pitch went up or > down (three different pitch contours) and for each of those, a > version with the original duration, as well as a shortened duration > and lengthened duration. So 9 sounds total from each original sound > you have. > The variables should be clear from the top of the script. As is the > case for any Praat manipulation, your new sounds will be temp > objects, not saved files. You can save them with another script that > does batch processing > <http://www.mattwinn.com/praat/Save_all_selected_sounds.txt>. But > anyway, this kind of procedure might serve your needs. It works on a > PC, not sure about a Mac. > > Matt > > # Enter your sound directory here, within double quotes: > sound_dir$ = "C:\consonants" > > # select your manipulations (these are multipliers of the pitch > contour and duration) > pitch_up = 1.15 > pitch_down = 0.85 > > duration_up = 1.2 > duration_down = 0.8 > > # clear the info window > clearinfo > > # list all the files in the folder > Create Strings as file list: "fileList", "'sound_dir$'\*.wav" > num_files = Get number of strings > > # loop through the files > for index from 1 to num_files > select Strings fileList > filename$ = Get string: index > name$ = "'filename$'" - ".wav" > name$ = "'filename$'" - ".WAV" > Read from file: "'sound_dir$'\'filename$'" > > # make a manipulation object using some default pitch analysis > parameters > To Manipulation: 0.01, 75, 600 > > # create various pitch tiers > Extract pitch tier > Copy: "'name$'_p2" > Copy: "'name$'_p1" > Multiply frequencies: 0, 1000, pitch_down > select PitchTier 'name$' > Copy: "'name$'_p3" > Multiply frequencies: 0, 1000, pitch_up > > # create various duration tiers > select Manipulation 'name$' > Extract duration tier > Copy: "'name$'_d2" > Copy: "'name$'_d1" > Add point: 0, duration_down > select DurationTier 'name$'_d2 > Copy: "'name$'_d3" > Add point: 0, duration_up > > for p_index from 1 to 3 > for d_index from 1 to 3 > > select Manipulation 'name$' > plus PitchTier 'name$'_p'p_index' > Replace pitch tier > > select Manipulation 'name$' > plus DurationTier 'name$'_d'd_index' > Replace duration tier > > select Manipulation 'name$' > Get resynthesis (overlap-add) > Rename: "'name$'_p'p_index'_d'd_index'" > > endfor > endfor > > # cleanup > selectObject: "Sound 'name$'" > plusObject: "Manipulation 'name$'" > plusObject: "PitchTier 'name$'" > plusObject: "PitchTier 'name$'_p2" > plusObject: "PitchTier 'name$'_p1" > plusObject: "PitchTier 'name$'_p3" > plusObject: "DurationTier 'name$'" > plusObject: "DurationTier 'name$'_d2" > plusObject: "DurationTier 'name$'_d1" > plusObject: "DurationTier 'name$'_d3" > Remove > > print finished with file: 'name$''newline$' > #pause finished with file: 'name$' > > endfor > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Matthew Winn, Au.D., Ph.D. > Assistant Professor > Dept. of Speech & Hearing Sciences > University of Washington > > On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 9:55 AM, Narayan Sankaran > <Narayan_Sankaran@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi all,____ > > __ __ > > I’m looking for help in finding a corpus of VCV nonsense > syllables. I’m examining the cortical representation of > consonants (using EEG) 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, but > 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 corpus? 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