In this work we present an electronic syrinx: an analogical integrator of the equations describing a model for sound production by oscine birds. The model depends on time varying parameters with clear biological interpretation: the air sac pressure and the tension of ventral syringeal muscles. We test the hypothesis that these physiological parameters can be reconstructed from the song. In order to do so, we built two transducers. The input for these transducers is an acoustic signal. The first transducer generates an electric signal that we use to reconstruct the bronchial pressure. The second transducer allows us to reconstruct the syringeal tension (in both cases, for the time intervals where phonation takes place). By driving the electronic syrinx with the output of the transducers we generate synthetic song. Important qualitative features of the acoustic input signal are reproduced by the synthetic song. These devices are especially useful to carry out altered feedback experiences, and applications as biomimetic resources are discussed. © 2005 The American Physical Society.
Documento: | Artículo |
Título: | Synthesizing bird song |
Autor: | Zysman, D.; Méndez, J.M.; Pando, B.; Aliaga, J.; Goller, F.; Mindlin, G.B. |
Filiación: | Departamento de Física J.J. Giambiagi, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, U.B.A. Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellon I (1428) Buenos Aires, Argentina MIT Physics Department, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States Department of Biology, University of Utah, 257 South, 1400 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, United States |
Palabras clave: | Biomimetic resources; Electronic syrinx; Phonation; Qualitative features; Acoustic generators; Acoustic signal processing; Acoustic transducers; Acoustic wave propagation; Biodiversity; Physiology; Biotechnology; animal; biological model; biomimetics; computer simulation; device failure analysis; devices; electronics; equipment design; larynx; physiology; procedures; songbird; transducer; vocalization; Animals; Biomimetics; Computer Simulation; Electronics; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Larynx; Models, Biological; Songbirds; Transducers; Vocalization, Animal |
Año: | 2005 |
Volumen: | 72 |
Número: | 5 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.72.051926 |
Título revista: | Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics |
Título revista abreviado: | Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlinear Soft Matter Phys. |
ISSN: | 15393755 |
CODEN: | PLEEE |
Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_15393755_v72_n5_p_Zysman |