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https://github.com/zakaton/pink-trombone

A programmable version of Neil Thapen's Pink Trombone
https://github.com/zakaton/pink-trombone

api auditory-display pink-trombone procedural-audio sound-design speech-synthesis vocal-tract voice voice-design voice-synthesis voice-ui web-audio web-audio-worklet web-component

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A programmable version of Neil Thapen's Pink Trombone

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_Sound is generated in the glottis (at the bottom left), then filtered by the shape of the vocal tract. The voicebox controls the pitch and intensity of the initial sound_ - [Neil Thapen](http://venuspatrol.nfshost.com/)



# 🗣️ Pink Trombone - Bare-handed Speech Synthesis

_A programmable version of [Neil Thapen's](http://venuspatrol.nfshost.com/) famous and wonderful [Pink Trombone](https://dood.al/pinktrombone/)_



## 📚 Table of Contents

[📦 Setting Up](#-setting-up)



[👄 Producing Sound](#-producing-sound)



[👀 Enabling and Disabling the UI](#-enabling-and-disabling-the-ui)



[🎛️ Audio Parameters](#-audio-parameters)



[🎺 Manipulating Vocal Tract Constrictions](#-manipulating-vocal-tract-constrictions)



[👅 Common Phonemes](#-common-phonemes)



[🏆 Developer Showcase](#-developer-showcase)



[🙏 Developer Wishlist](#-developer-wishlist)



[📖 Bibliography](#-bibliography)



## 📦 Setting Up

1. Save a local copy of [`pink-trombone.min.js`](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zakaton/Pink-Trombone/master/pink-trombone.min.js) and [`pink-trombone-worklet-processor.min.js`](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zakaton/Pink-Trombone/master/pink-trombone-worklet-processor.min.js) and make sure they're both in the same relative location (the first will import the other as a [Audio Worklet Processor](https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/12/audio-worklet))



2. In your HTML `` element, insert the file in a script element as a [module](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Modules):

```html



```



3. In your HTML `` element, insert the following custom element:

```html



```



4. In your JavaScript code, grab the `` element:

```javascript

var pinkTromboneElement = document.querySelector("pink-trombone");

```



5. Add a `load` eventListener to the `pinkTromboneElement` element:

```javascript

pinkTromboneElement.addEventListener("load", myCallback);

```



6. In the `"load"` callback, assign an [Audio Context](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AudioContext) using `.setAudioContext(myAudioContext)` (if none is specified, an Audio Context instance is created for you):

```javascript

function myCallback(event) {

  pinkTromboneElement.setAudioContext(myAudioContext)

}

```

This method returns a [Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise) once the [AudioWorkletProcessor](https://github.com/zakaton/Pink-Trombone/blob/master/script/audio/nodes/pinkTrombone/processors/WorkletProcessor.js) module is loaded.



7. In the [promise resolution](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise/then), a [Pink Trombone audio node](https://github.com/zakaton/Pink-Trombone/blob/master/script/audio/nodes/pinkTrombone/AudioNode.js) is created, which you can connect to other audio nodes from the scope of the `` element:

```javascript

function myCallback(event) {

  pinkTromboneElement.setAudioContext(myAudioContext)

    .then(() => {

      const audioContext = pinkTromboneElement.audioContext

      pinkTromboneElement.connect(audioContext.destination);

    });

}

```



## 👄 Producing Sound

😃 To start generating sound, run the `.start()` method:

```javascript

pinkTromboneElement.start();

```



🤐 To stop generating sound, run the `.stop()` method:

```javascript

pinkTromboneElement.stop();

```



## 👀 Enabling and Disabling the UI

🙂 To show the interactive visualization:

```javascript

pinkTromboneElement.enableUI();

```

✍️ To start animating the visualization:

```javascript

pinkTromboneElement.startUI();

```



🛑 To stop animating the visualization:

```javascript

pinkTromboneElement.stopUI();

```



😊 To hide the interactive visualization:

```javascript

pinkTromboneElement.disableUI();

```



## 🎛️ Audio Parameters

The [audio parameters](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AudioParam) of the [Pink Trombone audio node](https://github.com/zakaton/Pink-Trombone/blob/master/script/audio/nodes/pinkTrombone/AudioNode.js) can be accessed from the `` element's scope:



🎚️ Intensity

```javascript

pinkTromboneElement.intensity;

```

🎵 Frequency

```javascript

pinkTromboneElement.frequency;

```

👄 Tenseness

```javascript

pinkTromboneElement.tenseness;

```

📢 Loudness

```javascript

pinkTromboneElement.loudness;

```

〰️ Vibrato

```javascript

pinkTromboneElement.vibrato.frequency;

pinkTromboneElement.vibrato.gain;

pinkTromboneElement.vibrato.wobble;

```

👅 Tongue

```javascript

// 'index' and 'diameter' refer to the tongue's location in the mouth

pinkTromboneElement.tongue.index;

pinkTromboneElement.tongue.diameter;

```



To change the [voiceness](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_(phonetics)) between voiced and voiceless, change the `.tenseness` and `.loudness` [audio parameters](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AudioParam) as follows:

```javascript

function setVoiceness(voiceness) {

  const tenseness = 1 - Math.cos((voiceness) * Math.PI * 0.5);

  const loudness = Math.pow(tenseness, 0.25);

  

  pinkTromboneElement.tenseness.value = tenseness;

  pinkTromboneElement.loudness.value = loudness;

}



// voiced

setVoiceness(1);



// voiceless

setVoiceness(0);

```

_Later on I may add a `.voiceness` [audio parameter](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AudioParam) that automates this - for now I'm just adopting the [original version](https://dood.al/pinktrombone/)_



## 🎺 Manipulating Vocal Tract Constrictions

Vocal Tract constrictions comprise of an object containing `.index` and `.diameter` [Audio Parameter](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AudioParam) properties that are implicitly connected to the [Pink Trombone audio node](https://github.com/zakaton/Pink-Trombone/blob/master/script/audio/nodes/pinkTrombone/AudioNode.js)



To add a vocal tract constriction:

```javascript

var myConstriction = pinkTromboneElement.newConstriction(indexValue, diameterValue);

```



To set a vocal tract constriction:

```javascript

myConstriction.index.value = newIndexValue;

myConstriction.diameter.value = newDiameterValue;

```



To remove a vocal tract constriction:

```javascript

pinkTromboneElement.removeConstriction(myConstriction);

```



## 👅 Common Phonemes

For reference, here are some preset index & diameter preset values for [some phonemes](http://www.internationalphoneticalphabet.org/ipa-sounds/ipa-chart-with-sounds/):



👅 Tongue phonemes:



æ [pat]

  - index : 14.93

  - diameter : 2.78

  

ɑ [part]

  - index : 2.3

  - diameter : 12.75

  

ɒ [pot]

  - index : 12

  - diameter : 2.05

  

ɔ [port (rounded)]

  - index : 17.7

  - diameter : 2.05

  

ɪ [pit]

  - index : 26.11

  - diameter : 2.87

  

i [peat]

  - index : 27.2

  - diameter : 2.2

  

e [pet]

  - index : 19.4

  - diameter : 3.43

  

ʌ [put]

  - index : 17.8

  - diameter : 2.46

  

u [poot (rounded)]

  - index : 22.8

  - diameter : 2.05

  

ə [pert]

  - index : 20.7

  - diameter : 2.8



🎺 [Vocal Tract Constriction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manner_of_articulation) phonemes:

_voiced and voiceless consonants share the same values, differing in [voiceness](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_(phonetics))_



- [Fricatives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fricative_consonant)



  - (ʒ, ʃ) ["s" in "pleasure"]

    - index : 31

    - diameter : 0.6

    

  - (z, s) ["z" in "zoo"]

    - index : 36

    - diameter : 0.6

    

  - (v, f) ["v" in "very"]

    - index : 41

    - diameter : 0.5

    

- [Stops](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_consonant)



  - (g, k) ["g" in "go"]

    - index : 20

    - diameter : 0

    

  - (d, t) ["d" in "den"]

    - index : 36

    - diameter : 0

    

  - (b, p) ["b" in "bad"]

    - index : 41

    - diameter : 0



- [Nasals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_consonant)



  - (ŋ) ["ng" in "hang"]

    - index : 20

    - diameter : -1

    

  - (n) ["n" in "not"]

    - index : 36

    - diameter : -1

    

  - (m) ["m" in "woman"]

    - index : 41

    - diameter : -1



## 🏆 Developer Showcase

*Send us an email at [email protected] if you have a cool application made with our api!*  

![Zack](developerShowcase/developerShowcase5.gif)




![Zack](developerShowcase/developerShowcase4.gif)




![Zack](developerShowcase/developerShowcase3.gif)




![Zack](developerShowcase/developerShowcase2.gif)




![Zack](developerShowcase/developerShowcase1.gif)




![Zack](developerShowcase/developerShowcase0.gif)





## 🙏 Developer Wishlist

*Our time is limited, so we'd greatly appreciate it if you guys could implement some of these ideas:*

- [ ] __IPA Speak n' See__ 🗣️💬 - Take input speech from the user using the [Media Recording API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MediaStream_Recording_API) and approximate their articulation using the Pink Trombone, allowing speakers to visualize how they speak.

- [ ] __Phonetic Voice Editor__ 🎹👄⌨️ - Create a cross between a [Text Editor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_text_editors) and a [Digita Audio Workstation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_audio_workstation), where the user can type in phonemes instead of characters, with [automation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mix_automation) to programmatically adjust the cadence, pitch, and other features over time.

- [ ] __SSML Simulator__ 📝💬 - Implement a [Speech Synthesis Markup Language](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_Synthesis_Markup_Language) emulator that can take an [utterance](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SpeechSynthesisUtterance) and process the speech request using Pink Trombone's audio processing



## 📖 Bibliography

- [Julius O. Smith III, "Physical audio signal processing for virtual musical instruments and audio effects."](https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/pasp/)

- [Story, Brad H. "A parametric model of the vocal tract area function for vowel and consonant simulation." 

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 117.5 (2005): 3231-3254.](http://sal.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/story_jasa2005.pdf)

- [Lu, Hui-Ling, and J. O. Smith. "Glottal source modeling for singing voice synthesis." 

Proceedings of the 2000 International Computer Music Conference. 2000.](http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.142.5360&rep=rep1&type=pdf)

- [Mullen, Jack. Physical modelling of the vocal tract with the 2D digital waveguide mesh. 

PhD thesis, University of York, 2006.](http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~dtm3/Download/JackThesis.pdf)