The document discusses advances in concatenative sound synthesis technology. It proposes a concatenative sound synthesis model using queries to provide more flexibility and user options. This would minimize the need for transformation and editing of sound snippets. The concatenation results are affected by factors like the number of segments, source and target files, and segmentation mode and unit selection method. Examples show how sounds from different sources could be concatenated to create a country song. Work continues on addressing other issues in concatenative sound synthesis.

1. Advancing Concatenative Sound Synthesis Technology Noris Mohd Norowi

3. Concatenative Sound Synthesis Model

4. Concatenative Sound Synthesis Model QUERY

9. Result: Segmentation Mode

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