Wayland (Phonetics) – Chapter 7 – Digital Signal Processing

An intuitive introduction to acoustics digital signal processing

Wayland (Phonetics) – Chapter 6 – Basic Acoustics

A concise introduction to acoustics: sounds, resonance, and the source-filter theory

Taylor – Section 10.2 – Digital signals

Going digital involves approximations in the way an original analogue signal is represented.

Taylor – Section 10.1 – Analogue signals

It’s easier to start by understanding physical signals – which are analogue – before we then approximate them digitally.

Schaedler – Seeing Circles, Sines and Signals

A very nice concise primer on the basic components of digital signal processing with great visual demonstrations.

Lyons – Understanding Digital Signal Processing

A great introduction to digital signal processing, including the maths!

Johnson (Phonetics) – Chapter 6.1 – Tube models of vowel production

Deriving the resonances and formant structures of vowels using 2 and 3 tube models of the vocal tract.

Handbook of phonetic sciences – Ch 20 – Intro to Signal Processing for Speech (Sections 1-5)

Written for a non-technical audience, this gently introduces some key concepts in speech signal processing. Read sections 1-5 (up to and including ‘Fourier Analysis’).