Method and apparatus for changing the timbre and/or pitch of audio signals
US6046395A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 14, 1997 |
| Grant date | Apr 4, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 14, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10H2250/631
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A method for shifting the timbre and/or pitch of an input signal samples the input signal at a first rate and stores the samples in a memory buffer. A digital signal processor resamples the stored input signal at a rate that differs from the first rate at which the input note is originally sampled and stores the resampled input signal in a second memory buffer. A pitch shifter shifts the pitch of the input signal by periodically scaling the resampled input signal by a window function to create an output signal. The rate at which the resampled data is replicated by the window function determines the pitch of the output signal.
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