A recorded signal is a stream of numbers called samples. Each such sample denotes an instantaneous amplitude, theoretically corresponding to the air pressure (or sometimes velocity […]
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Authenticity
Authenticity refers to ideas of the voice as origin or a faithful correspondence to an ideal original. In this sense, vocal authenticity also refers […]
View moreConsonant
Consonants are classified as fricatives (generated by moving air turbulently through some part of the vocal apparatus), unvoiced plosives (bursts of air resulting from opening a […]
View moreFundamental Frequency
If a recorded audio signal is nearly periodic (as is much voiced speech), it is said to have a fundamental frequency, sometimes denoted “f0” […]
View moreGrain
- by:
- Sarah Kessler
A term used by Roland Barthes to describe the materiality of the embodied voice: “The ‘grain’ is the body of the voice as it […]
View moreLanguage / writing / text
- by:
- Caitlin Marshall
There is a pervasive tendency in the academy to assume (and theorize) equivalence between language, writing, and text. Despite the strenuous attempts of many […]
View moreLoudness
Loudness is a perceptual quality of sound that correlates somewhat with the sound’s amplitude or power, but also depends on its short-time spectrum. The loudness of […]
View moreMetaphor/ Figure
- by:
- Caitlin Marshall
For many folks who work with voice day in and day out, the persistent use of voice as a figure or metaphor is tiring […]
View morePitch
Pitch is a perceptual quality that, in speech, usually corresponds to fundamental frequency (although unvoiced sounds such as wheezes and some whistles can have […]
View morePower
Power is a physical measure of an audio signal, proportional to the square of its amplitude. One can also specify or measure a physical sound’s […]
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