Default pitchmark settings

[Jemima G]

# default male settings 50-180Hz
DEFAULT_PM_ARGS_MALE=’-min 0.0055 -max 0.02 -def 0.01 -wave_end -lx_lf 200 -lx_lo 111 -lx_hf 30 -lx_ho 51 -med_o 0′

# default female settings 100-250Hz
DEFAULT_PM_ARGS_FEMALE=’-min 0.004 -max 0.01 -def 0.01 -wave_end -lx_lf 300 -lx_lo 111 -lx_hf 140 -lx_ho 51 -med_o 0′

Hello,
I was wondering about the default settings in the make_pm_wav script. In the instruction on speech zone, it says the min and max values should be 1/F0 (i.e. 1/lx_lf and 1/lx_hf), however this doesn’t seem to be the case (1/300 = 0.0033, but min = 0.004). Is that right?
Also, the filters should be set to above and below the actual settings, so the female range 100-250 we might expect to be 50-300, however it’s set to 140-300.
I’m not sure what to make of this. Should we comment on this in our write up?
Thanks in advance!

[Jemima G]

Just a quick follow-up question: since the pitchmarks are used to make pitch-synchronous joins, they’re not involved with any other steps for building the voice, correct?

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