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# PySoundConcat
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WARNING: There are a currently a number of problems with the synthesis stage of
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this project that may result in less than ideal results. These will hopefully
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be fixed in the near future.
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A python script for generating granular synthesis driven representations of
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audio files based on audio database analysis.
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This script was developed to explore the creative potential of combining
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short-time audio analyses with granular synthesis, to synthesize perceptually
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related representations of target audio files. Through use of analysed
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databases of varying sizes, an output can be generated that represents a mix of
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the spectral and temporal features of the original target sound and the corpus
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of source sounds.
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To achieve this, a technique known as "concatenative synthesis" is used. This
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form of synthesis combines the ability to window and join small segments of
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sound to create a new sound (a process known as granular synthesis), with audio
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analysis techniques capable of describing a sound in order to differentiate it
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from others. By analysing small segments in a target sound for their perceptual
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characteristics (such as pitch, timbre and loudness), it is then possible to
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compare these segments to a collection of source sounds to find perceptually
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similar segments. From this, the most perceptually similar matches can be taken
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and joined using granular synthesis techniques in order to achieve the final
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result.
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Full documentation can be found at: http://pezz89.github.io/PySoundConcat/index.html
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