WinSingad is a Microsoft Windows based software for singing training.
Description WinSingad is software for singing training. It started life as SINGAD, which stands for "SINGing Assessment and Development", running on a BBC MicroHoward, D.M., and Welch, G.F. (1989). "Microcomputer-based singing ability assessment and development", Applied Acoustics, 27, (2), 89-102. and it was designed for use in primary schools to develop and assess children's singing pitching skills.
It was later ported to the Atari range of computers Howard, D.M., and Welch, G.F. (1993). "Visual displays for the assessment of vocal pitch matching development", Applied Acoustics, 39, 235-252. to take advantage of MIDI and more recently to Windows.Howard, D.M., Brereton, J., Welch, G.F., Himonides, E., DeCosta, M., Williams, J., and Howard, A.W. (2007). "Are Real-Time Displays of Benefit in the Singing Studio? An Exploratory Study", Journal of Voice, 21, (1), 20-34. SINGAD enabled the pitching strategies used by children to be explored and compared with adult singers Howard, D.M., and Angus, J.A.S. (1998). "A comparison between singing pitching strategies of 8 to 11 year olds and trained adult singers", Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology, 22, (4), 169-176 and its use for real-time visual feedback in singing training was beneficial.Welch, G.F., Howard, D.M., and Rush, C. (1989). "Real-time visual feedback in the development of vocal pitch accuracy in singing", Psychology of Music, 17, 146-157
WinSingad displays WinSingad offers displays of: Input sound waveform against time Fundamental frequency against time Short-term spectrum Narrow band spectrogram Spectral ratio against time Vocal tract area Mean/min vocal tract area against time.
In addition, a web camera window is often placed on screen with the camera positioned at the singer's side to provide a side view to enable posture to be viewed. In effect, this is a 90 degree mirror which gives a clear indication of spine alignment.
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References Howard, D.M., and Welch, G.F. (1989). "Microcomputer-based singing ability assessment and development", Applied Acoustics, 27, (2), 89-102. Howard, D.M., and Welch, G.F. (1993). "Visual displays for the assessment of vocal pitch matching development", Applied Acoustics, 39, 235-252. Howard, D.M., Brereton, J., Welch, G.F., Himonides, E., DeCosta, M., Williams, J., and Howard, A.W. (2007). "Are Real-Time Displays of Benefit in the Singing Studio? An Exploratory Study", Journal of Voice, 21, (1), 20-34. Howard, D.M., and Angus, J.A.S. (1998). "A comparison between singing pitching strategies of 8 to 11 year olds and trained adult singers", Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology, 22, (4), 169-176. Welch, G.F., Howard, D.M., and Rush, C. (1989). "Real-time visual feedback in the development of vocal pitch accuracy in singing", Psychology of Music, 17, 146-157.
External links Official Website London Singing Academy