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| Presentation | 2013-11-21 14:00 Voice Quality Control Based on Perceptual Age in Statistical Singing Voice Conversion Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Tomoki Toda, Graham Neubig, Sakriani Sakti, Satoshi Nakamura (NAIST)  SP2013-71 |
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| Abstract | (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| (in English) | The perceptual age of a singing voice is the age of the singer as perceived by the listener, and is one of the notable characteristics that determines perceptions of a song. In this paper, we describe a novel voice timbre control technique based on the perceptual age for singing voice conversion (SVC). Singers can sing expressively by controlling prosody and voice timbre, but the varieties of voices that singers can produce are limited by physical constraints. Previous work has attempted to overcome the limitation through the use of statistical voice conversion. This technique makes it possible to convert singing voice timbre of an arbitrary source singer into those of an arbitrary target singer. However, it is still difficult to intuitively control singing voice characteristics by manipulating parameters corresponding to specific physical traits, such as gender and age. In this paper, we develop a technique for controlling the voice timbre based on perceptual age that maintains the singer's individuality. The experimental results show that the proposed voice timbre control method makes it possible to change the singer's perceptual age while not having an adverse effect on the perceived individuality. |
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| Keyword | (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| (in English) | singing voice conversion / perceptual age / segmental features / individuality / voice quality control / / / | |
| Reference Info. | IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 113, no. 308, SP2013-71, pp. 1-6, Nov. 2013. | |
| Paper # | SP2013-71 | |
| Date of Issue | 2013-11-14 (SP) | |
| ISSN | Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685 Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380 | |
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| Conference Information | |
| Committee | SP |
| Conference Date | 2013-11-21 - 2013-11-22 |
| Place (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Place (in English) | Nara Institute of Science and Technology |
| Topics (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
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| Registration To | SP |
| Conference Code | 2013-11-SP |
| Language | Japanese |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Sub Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Title (in English) | Voice Quality Control Based on Perceptual Age in Statistical Singing Voice Conversion |
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| Keyword(1) | singing voice conversion |
| Keyword(2) | perceptual age |
| Keyword(3) | segmental features |
| Keyword(4) | individuality |
| Keyword(5) | voice quality control |
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| 1st Author's Name | Kazuhiro Kobayashi |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) |
| 2nd Author's Name | Tomoki Toda |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) |
| 3rd Author's Name | Graham Neubig |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) |
| 4th Author's Name | Sakriani Sakti |
| 4th Author's Affiliation | Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) |
| 5th Author's Name | Satoshi Nakamura |
| 5th Author's Affiliation | Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) |
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| Speaker | Author-1 |
| Date Time | 2013-11-21 14:00:00 |
| Presentation Time | 30 minutes |
| Registration for | SP |
| Paper # | SP2013-71 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.113 |
| Number (no) | no.308 |
| Page | pp.1-6 |
| #Pages | 6 |
| Date of Issue | 2013-11-14 (SP) |
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