College - Author 1
College of Engineering
Department - Author 1
Electrical Engineering Department
Degree Name - Author 1
BS in Electrical Engineering
College - Author 2
College of Engineering
Department - Author 2
Electrical Engineering Department
Degree - Author 2
BS in Electrical Engineering
Date
6-2022
Primary Advisor
Wayne Pilkington, College of Engineering, Electrical Engineering Department
Abstract/Summary
Most modern music, especially the popular and rising genres such as pop music and rap music are more reliant on music synthesizers than ever before. While other instruments are readily used to sample background noises, the main form of sound generation is becoming more digital rather than using acoustic instruments. However, many people that want to make music aren’t familiarized with traditional music theory and would have difficulty using a traditional synthesizer. The Hum Synthesizer aims to allow a wider audience to access the functions of a traditional synthesizer by using voice controls rather than keyboard controls. If the user decides to alter and output their own voice, they shall select one of two modes from the control box: pitch-corrected mode or exact live mode. The pitch-corrected mode adjusts the user’s sung or hummed pitch and plays the musical note closest to the user’s input. The exact live mode takes the user’s hum and plays the exact same pitch with the same vibrato as the input sound, essentially working as a music amp. The Hum Synthesizer also gauges the user’s hum volume level and outputs an audio with the same volume for all modes. The Hum Synthesizer allows anyone to become a musician with only their voice.
URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/eesp/658
Hum Synthesizer GUI
detect_and_synthesize.m (25 kB)
Hum Synthesizer Main Code