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Consider a model of the vocal tract consisting of three tubes of equal length l connected to a first tube that is infinitely thin. Assume that l=Tc where c is the speed of sound and T is the period at which you sample the airflow throughout the model.
 
Consider a model of the vocal tract consisting of three tubes of equal length l connected to a first tube that is infinitely thin. Assume that l=Tc where c is the speed of sound and T is the period at which you sample the airflow throughout the model.
a) Obtain the transfer function of this model of the vocal tract.
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b) How many formants could you create with such a model.
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a) Obtain the transfer function of this model of the vocal tract. (You may use the matrix equations for the tube junction/time delay obtained in class without justification.)
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b) How many formants could one create with such a model? Explain.
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c) Explain how one would control the location of the formants with such a model.
 
c) Explain how one would control the location of the formants with such a model.
 
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Homework 10, ECE438, Fall 2013, Prof. Boutin

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Question 1

Consider a model of the vocal tract consisting of three tubes of equal length l connected to a first tube that is infinitely thin. Assume that l=Tc where c is the speed of sound and T is the period at which you sample the airflow throughout the model.

a) Obtain the transfer function of this model of the vocal tract. (You may use the matrix equations for the tube junction/time delay obtained in class without justification.)

b) How many formants could one create with such a model? Explain.

c) Explain how one would control the location of the formants with such a model.



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