Laboratory for Applied Spectrography in the Study of Singing
LAS3 icon with larynx
The laboratory for Applied Spectrography in the Study of Singing was founded in 1996 by Garyth Nair. At the time, Prof. Nair was interested in investigating the efficacy of using spectrography — computer-driven sound analysis technology — as a practical feedback resource in the voice studio. Utilizing a grant from a generous colleague at the University, the necessary equipment and software was installed in Prof. Nair's private studio and work began. Early in the process, Nair teamed up with Richard Horne (the originator of GRAM, the spectrographic software used in the research). By 1997, enough evidence had been amassed to present the concept in a demonstration before members of the Voice Foundation at their annual symposium in Philadelphia, Pa. As a result of that meeting, Singular Publishing requested a book on the subject, VoiceTradition and Technology. Since that time, the laboratory has acquired an electrocardiograph (EGG) and new software to measure nasality.
ABOUT LAS3
SPECTROGRAPHY
 
LAS3 WORK and OUTREACH
Spectrogram - description and history  

Projects and Consulting

The Eye-Ear-Voice connection (under construction)   Lectures and Workshops
Spectrography in the voice studio — examples   Publications
GRAM our affordable spectrogram program (under construction)   Development — Software
Nair's book on the spectrography in the Studio   Development — Equipment
  Voice Well-ness (under construction)
  Other Useful Links, other software, etc. (under construction)


  Our LAS3 icon is a spectrogram of the diphthong in the word "voice" — the vowels /o/ and /i/.

By happy coincidence the icon also looks similar to the overall structure of the human larynx. To see this similarity, pass your cursor over the icon shown above.

 

 
This web site is written and maintained by:
Garyth Nair
gnair@drew.edu
© Copyright 2008 by Garyth Nair