Subject: Re: CV Formant transition values, ba-da-ga in french or english From: Heriberto Avelino <heriberto.avelino@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:36:56 -0600 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>Dear Alexandre, You may be interested in looking at the Abramson/Lisker VOT stimuli used in the paper Lisker, L. & Abramson, A.S. A cross-language study of voicing in initial stops: acoustical measurements. Word, 1964, 20, 384-422. http://www.haskins.yale.edu/featured/demo-liskabram/index.html Best wishes, Heriberto ********************************************************** Heriberto Avelino Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Department of Linguistics Deutscher Platz 6 04103 Leipzig Phone: +49 (0) 341 3550 - 316 Fax: +49 (0) 341 3550 - 333 ********************************************************** On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Alexandre Lehmann <alexandre.lehmann@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > I am setting up a pilot experiment on syllable speech perception using the > ba, da and ga syllables. > This seems to be a recurring question, I have searched the auditory archive > prior to asking and coulnd't find any answer. > Many articles have generated similar stimuli, but the information they > provide in the method section is never sufficient to synthesize similar > sounds, (for example only initial formant values are specified). I have been > trying it out using Klatt synth or Praat but I was unsuccesful. > The online Klatt synth from Timothy Bunnel (U. Delaware) provides an example > of a ba generating script, with the values of various formants and params > varying in time. I am looking for similar values for the da and ga > syllable. > Ideally I would appreciate hints on how to make a ba - da - ga continuum, > and optimize distinguishibility, in french or english. I would like to make > exagerated versions of those syllables in order for them to be very > saliently distinguishable. > Thanks a lot in advance for your advices, > Best > Alexandre Lehmann > > >