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CHIMERA vocal synth

A voice grown from a simulated airway: drag the tongue, lips and jaw, type text to speak or notes to sing, and watch pressure and formants move live.

Created by Jameson Hodge.

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Made by
Jameson Hodge
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Interactive demo
Subject
Science
Where it runs
Plays here
Original
github.com · Creator’s website
Published (catalog record)
Published
· Dated source
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  • sound
  • voice
  • speech
  • singing
  • acoustics
  • physical modeling

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How does one buzz become every vowel?67-second film by ExplainerTools

CHIMERA says a line it was never recorded saying. Then: how your vocal folds make one buzz for every vowel, and how the tube above them picks “ee” or “ah”, with CHIMERA’s own sounds.

A film by ExplainerTools. Screen recordings of CHIMERA’s live app with its own sound; clips by Jameson Hodge (@jamesonhodge), Klaus Brave (@klausbrave) and @frolic; the airway, spectra and vowel map are drawn in code.

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