HOW TO CONFIGURE MOT
Introduction
Petit Mot is a CVVC list, therefore it should be quite similar to otoing a japanese voicebank. However, there are some quirks in the list that pushed me to write this tutorial.
I like to use an overlap of 30, but you can use any value you would like.
CV
Reminder: In this list, there are no beginning -CV, only transition CV.
Plosive CV (starts with p, b, t, d, k or g.)
Place your green line at the begining of the consonnant. The red line goes right after it. The pink part covers the consonnant, and the unstable part of the vowel. The blue part on the right should cut off the unstable part at the end of the vowel.
Example [kih]
Nasal, Fricative and Approximant CV (starts with m, n, f, s, sh, j, l, r, v, w, y and z.)
The blue part on the left is right after the end of the previous phoneme's vowel, the red line goes after the consonnant, the pink part covers the consonnant and the unstable start of the vowel and the blue part on the right cut off the unstable end of the vowel.
Example [joe]
Glide CV (boi, bui, doi, dui etc...)
In a japanese bank, you would place the red line after the "y" sound. In French, however, the red line is placed right after the consonnant, because french glides are pronounced much more slowly than japanese ones. Be wary, of the pink part, it should cover the whole unstable glidy thing.
Example [moi]
VC
Plosive VC (ends with p, b, t, d, k or g.)
Place your green line at the position where the vowel was consistent for the last time, place your red line at the end of the vowel, right before the point where the vowel starts to morph into the consonnant. Cover with pink the vowel and with the blue part on the right cover the consonnant. Be sure to loop a soundless point or near soundless point.
Example [ih k]
Nasal, Fricative and Approximant CV (ends with m, n, f, s, sh, j, l, r, v, w, y and z.)
Place your green line at the position where the vowel was consistent for the last time, place your red line at the end of the vowel, right before the point where the vowel starts to morph into the consonnant. With the pink part and the blue part, be sure to loop a point where the consonnant is stable.
Example [ah m]
CC
Plosive -C
Place your red line at the begining of the consonnant and the blue part on the right right before the start of the vowel. The pink part should cover most of the sample.
Example [-k]
Plosive C-
Place your red line at the begining of the consonnant. Be sure to cut out the vowel on the left. The pink part should cover the whole consonnant and should end on a soundless point. The Blue part on the right should end on a soundless point.
Example [k-]
Nasal, Fricative and Approximant -C
Place your red line at the begining of the consonnant. Place the pink part and the blue part on the right on a stable point of the consonnant.
Example [-m]
Nasal, Fricative and Approximant C-
Place the blue part on the right at the end of the vowel. Loop a soundless point.
Example [m-]
-CC
Place your green line at a soundless point. The red line goes at the begining of the consonnant. Cover the consonnants with pink and loop a stable point.
Example [-kl]
CC
Place your green line at the beginning of the consonnant. The red line goes right after the consonnant cluster. Cover the consonnants with pink and loop a stable point.
Example [kl]
CC-
Place your green line at the beginning of the consonnant. The red line goes right after the consonnant cluster. Loop a soundless point.
Example [kl-]