PointProcess

One of the types of objects in Praat.

A PointProcess object represents a point process, which is a sequence of points ti in time, defined on a domain [tmin, tmax]. The index i runs from 1 to the number of points. The points are sorted by time, i.e. ti+1 > ti.

PointProcess commands

Creation from scratch:

• Create empty PointProcess...
• Create Poisson process...

Creation of a pulse train from a pitch contour:

• PitchTier: To PointProcess: area-1 along entire time domain.
• Pitch: To PointProcess: same, but excludes voiceless intervals.
• Sound & Pitch: To PointProcess (cc): "pitch-synchronous": near locations of high amplitude.
• Sound & Pitch: To PointProcess (peaks)...: "pitch-synchronous": near locations of high amplitude.
• Sound: To PointProcess (periodic, cc)...: near locations of high amplitude.
• Sound: To PointProcess (periodic, peaks)...: near locations of high amplitude.

Creation from converting another object:

• Matrix: To PointProcess
• PitchTier: Down to PointProcess
• IntensityTier: Down to PointProcess

Hearing:

• PointProcess: Play: pulse train.
• PointProcess: Hum: pulse train with formants.

Drawing:

• PointProcess: Draw...

Editing:

• PointProcess: View & Edit: invokes a PointEditor.
• PointProcess & Sound: View & Edit: invokes a PointEditor.
• Inside a ManipulationEditor.

Queries:

• PointProcess: Get jitter (local)...: periodic jitter.
• PointProcess: Get jitter (local, absolute)...: periodic jitter.
• PointProcess: Get jitter (rap)...: periodic jitter.
• PointProcess: Get jitter (ppq5)...: periodic jitter.
• PointProcess: Get jitter (ddp)...: periodic jitter.
• PointProcess: Get low index...: index of nearest point not after specified time.
• PointProcess: Get high index...: index of nearest point not before specified time.
• PointProcess: Get nearest index...: index of point nearest to specified time.
• PointProcess: Get interval...: duration of interval around specified time.

Set calculations:

• PointProcesses: Union: the union of two point processes.
• PointProcesses: Intersection: the intersection of two point processes.
• PointProcesses: Difference: the difference of two point processes.

Modification:

• PointProcess: Add point...: at a specified time.
• PointProcess: Add points...: at specified times.
• PointProcess: Remove point...: at specified index.
• PointProcess: Remove point near...: near specified time.
• PointProcess: Remove points...: between specified indices.
• PointProcess: Remove points between...: between specified times.

Analysis:

• PointProcess: To PitchTier...: pitch values in interval centres.
• PointProcess & Sound: To Manipulation

Synthesis:

• PointProcess: To Sound (pulse train)...
• PointProcess: To Sound (hum)...

Conversion:

• PointProcess: To Matrix
• PointProcess: Up to TextGrid...
• PointProcess: Up to PitchTier...
• PointProcess: Up to IntensityTier...

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