Serra, XavierBonada, Jordi, 1973-2018-03-272018-03-272007Bonada J, Serra X. Synthesis of the singing voice by performance sampling and spectral models. IEEE Signal Process Mag. 2007;24(2):67-79. DOI: 10.1109/MSP.2007.3232661053-5888http://hdl.handle.net/10230/34264This paper introduces the concept of synthesis based on performance sampling. It explains that although sampling has been considered a way to capture and reproduce the sound of an instrument, it should be better considered a way to model the sonic space produced by a performer with an instrument. The paper presents a singing voice synthesizer, pointing out the main issues and complexities emerging along its design. Although the current system is able to generate convincing results in certain situations, there is still much room for improvements, especially in the areas of expression, spectral modeling and sonic space design. However, computer singing is definitely coming close to becoming indistinguishable from human performances.application/pdfeng© 2007 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works. The final published article can be found at http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/4117930Anàlisi espectralVeuinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MSP.2007.323266info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess