A query to the selected Formant object for the bandwidth of the specified formant at the specified time.

Settings

Formant number

the ordinal number of the formant, counting up from 0 Hz. Specify "2" for F₂ etc.

Time (s)

the time at which to evaluate the bandwidth.

Units

the units of the result (hertz or Bark).

Return value

the estimated bandwidth in hertz or Bark. If Time is not within half a frame width of any frame centre, or If the specified Formant number is greater than the number of formants in the frame, the return value is undefined; otherwise, the formant is considered to belong to the frame whose centre is nearest to the specified time.

Algorithm

If possible (i.e. if the adjacent frame has enough formants), a linear interpolation is performed between the centre of the frame and the centre of the adjacent frame. With Bark units, the hertz-to-Bark transformation is performed on the two frequencies F ± 1/2 B (after interpolation), and the result is the difference between these two values