formant

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* Advanced automation mode (Minimoog V 2.0 Only) * Revolutionary preset navigation system called the SoundMap (Minimoog V 2.0 Only) * New formant-analysis-based FX called the Vocal Filter (Minimoog V 2.0 Only)

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  1. noun Any of several frequency regions of relatively great intensity in a sound spectrum, which together determine the characteristic quality of a vowel sound.

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  • # Filter - 128-band formant filter, 24dB / oct low-pass and high-pass —  MATRIXSYNTH
  • Spectral analysis of the frequency, amplitude, and formant characteristics of speech sounds has shown a universal pattern of organization of the basic sound repertoire and —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Analyses of correlations between area of mouth opening and acoustic envelopes derived from selected spectral regions of each sentence (corresponding to the wide-band speech, and first, second, and third formant regions) suggested that AV (M) threshold reduction may be determined by the degree of auditory-visual temporal coherence, especially between the area of lip opening and the envelope derived from mid - to high-frequency acoustic energy. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Singer´s Delay, a unique and wonderful-sounding delay effect driven by a step-sequenced voice formant filter which deepens and enhances your productions, tracks and instruments by adding beauty and athmosphere. —  AvaxHome RSS:
  • It achieves its moving, beautiful and different sound due to its integrated vocal formant filter technology driven by a user-changeable step sequencer. —  AvaxHome RSS:
 

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  1. German, from Latin fōrmāns, fōrmant-, present participle of fōrmāre, to form, from fōrma, form.

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  1. Latin formans (formant-), present participle of for mare, form: see form, v.
 

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/ˈfɔrmənt/
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