Development of research tools based on visualization of artistic expression in vocal performance of Noh

本项目开发了一套新的信息提取、可视化、控制和再合成技术，提供了传统方法无法实现的功能，旨在分析和合成日本传统戏剧艺术能乐中的声乐艺术表现。特别是，发明了时间上更精细的F0和谱估计程序，以实现详细的分析，这是使用传统方法不可能实现的。基于这些技术的语音变形为研究意识无法访问的内隐大脑功能开辟了新的可能性。

A new set of technologies for information extraction, visualization, control and resynthesis, which provide functions conventional methods failed to implement, are developed in this project aiming at analysis and synthesis of vocal artistic expressions found in Japanese traditional theatrical art, Noh. Especially, temporally finer F0 and spectral estimation procedures were invented to enable detailed analyses, which were impossible using conventional methods. Voice morphing based on these technologies opens new possibilities for investigating implicit brain functions which are not accessible from consciousness.