A comparative evaluation of pitch modification techniques

European Signal Processing Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 756-760

  Drugman, Thomas ^a   Dutoit, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; MALE SPEAKERS; PITCH MODIFICATION; RESIDUAL SIGNALS; SUBJECTIVE TESTS; TD-PSOLA; TRANSFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 84856272951     PISSN: 22195491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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