Formant Estimation Programs

These are two estimation routines to determine formants in the case when the poles of the AR model are so close together that two distinct peaks of the frequency response merge into one peak. Program 1 simply projects a line from the origin through each pole to the unit circle. Program 2, the Ghael-Sandgathe method, is an improvement on the McCandless method, in which the outermost pole is extended to just inside the unit circle, thereby accentuating the location of the formant. The Ghael-Sandgathe method extends all poles out until the two closest poles actually straddle the unit circle, guaranteeing maximum possible distinction between the corresponding peaks of the transfer function.

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