2010-Study of Human Vocal Formants

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This investigation considers the relevancy of windowing when analyzing formant frequencies, evaluates the difference between the sexes' vowel sound formants, and compares appropriateness of the Rode© NT5 microphone to the Audio Technica© ATM41a for vocal analysis.

Windowing was found to have no effect on the clarity of vowel sound formants due to high sampling rate. It was found, as expected, that male vowel sound formant frequencies were consistently lower than those of the female. Lastly, the frequency response of the Rode© microphone was found to better than the Audio Technica© thereby making it better suited for vocal analysis.

• Full Document (PDF) (http://www.ugrad.physics.mcgill.ca/Library/339-2010-Vocal_Formants.pdf)