Control of Synthesized Vibrato during Portamento Musical Pitch Transitions*
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Vibrato, the natural oscillation of musical pitch that is commonly associated with music performed by skilled singers and instrumentalists in certain musical styles, is an important aspect of realistic music synthesis. For synthesized singing particular care must be taken to ensure that the synthesized vibrato behaves naturally, especially in the vicinity of portamento pitch transitions. The appropriate fundamental frequency behavior by singers during legato transitions of musical pitch is examined, and an algorithm to produce realistic transitions for vocal vibrato synthesis is proposed.
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