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KlattSyn - Klatt Formant Synthesizer

This is a redevelopment of the classic Klatt cascade-parallel formant synthesizer. The program code is written in TypeScript, which is compiled to JavaScript. It can run within a web browser or with Node.

This implementation of a Klatt synthesizer has been developed by Christian d'Heureuse in 2019 and is based on the following documents and source code:

Online demo: www.source-code.biz/klattSyn
NPM package: klatt-syn
GUI application: github.com/chdh/klatt-syn-app

A note on amplitudes

The meaning of amplitude parameters has changed in this implementation of the Klatt synthesizer.

Amplitude values in dB are always relative. In this implementation, we use positive dB values to amplify and negative dB values to attenuate a signal. 0 is used to pass a signal unchanged. -99 is used to mute a signal.

The original Klatt synthesizer used dB values in the range 0 to 87 for amplitude parameters. 0 was used to mute a signal. 57 was used to pass a signal unchanged.

Klatt (1980) states: "The amplitudes of the formant peaks generated by the parallel vocal tract model have been constrained such that, if A1 to A5 are all set to 60 dB, the transfer function will approximate that found in the cascade model." This is no longer the case.

The following table can be used to pragmatically map old values to new values for amplitude parameters in dB:

Old dB New dB
87 30
57 0
27 -30
0 -99

In addition, most amplitude parameter values were internally adjusted in the old source code. To find the corresponding new value, An adjustment value must be subtracted.

Old symbol Linear factor Adjustment dB Parameter
AP 0.05 -26.0 Aspiration amplitude
AF 0.25 -12.0 Frication amplitude
AB 0.05 -26.0 Parallel bypass amplitude
A1 0.4 -8.0 Parallel formant 1 amplitude (L1)
A2 0.15 -16.5 Parallel formant 2 amplitude (L2)
A3 0.06 -24.4 Parallel formant 3 amplitude (L3)
A4 0.04 -28.0 Parallel formant 4 amplitude (L4)
A5 0.022 -33.2 Parallel formant 5 amplitude (L5)
A6 0.03 -30.5 Parallel formant 6 amplitude (L6)
AN 0.6 -4.4 Parallel nasal amplitude