voice vignette

3.5.1 Notes sequence of f0

library(gm)
line_0 <- gm::Line(as.character(f0_spn))
m0 <- gm::Music() +
  gm::Meter(4, 4) +
  line_0
gm::show(m0, to = c('score', 'audio'))

3.5.2 Notes sequences of f0 and f1

line_0 <- gm::Line(as.character(f0_spn))
line_1 <- gm::Line(as.character(f1_spn))
m1 <- gm::Music() +
  gm::Meter(4, 4) +
  line_0 + line_1
gm::show(m1, to = c('score', 'audio'))

4.1.1. Curl

Command line tool and library for transferring data with URLs.

# installing dependencies
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y libssl-dev autoconf libtool make
# installing curl
sudo apt install curl
# verify installation
curl --version

4.1.2. ffmpeg

ffmpeg is a cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

4.1.3. Audio drivers and extra packages

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install portaudio19-dev libasound2-dev libfontconfig1-dev libmagick++-dev libxml2-dev libharfbuzz-dev libfribidi-dev libgdal-dev cmake cmake-doc ninja-build

4.1.4. MuseScore

MuseScore is an open source notation software.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mscore-ubuntu/mscore-stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install musescore

4.1.5. R

R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. To find out your Ubuntu distribution use lsb_release -a at terminal.

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu focal-cran40/" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cran.list'
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E084DAB9 
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 51716619E084DAB9
gpg -a --export E084DAB9 | sudo apt-key add -

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:c2d4u.team/c2d4u4.0+

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install r-base r-base-dev

4.1.6. RStudio

RStudio is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for R. Check for updates here.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gdebi-core
wget https://download1.rstudio.org/electron/jammy/amd64/rstudio-2025.05.0-496-amd64.deb
sudo gdebi rstudio-2025.05.0-496-amd64.deb

4.1.9. R packages

“Packages are the fundamental units of reproducible R code.” Hadley Wickham and Jennifer Bryan. The installation may take several minutes. At terminal run:

sudo R

Running R as super user paste the following, row by row:

packs <- c('audio','reticulate','R.utils','seewave','tidyverse','tuneR','wrassp')
install.packages(packs, dep = TRUE)
update.packages(ask = FALSE)
devtools::install_github('egenn/music')
devtools::install_github('flujoo/gm')

To configure the gm package.

usethis::edit_r_environ()

Add the line MUSESCORE_PATH=/usr/bin/mscore to /root/.Renviron file. To exit use :wq at VI. Save and restart the R/RStudio session.

4.1.10. Miniconda

Miniconda is a free minimal installer for conda, an open source package, dependency and environment management system for any language—Python, R, Ruby, Lua, Scala, Java, JavaScript, C/ C++, FORTRAN and more, that runs on Windows, macOS and Linux.
Follow the instructions at https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/miniconda.html.

At terminal:

cd ~/Downloads/
wget -r -np -k https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
cd repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/
bash Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh

Do you accept the license terms? [yes|no] yes.

Miniconda3 will now be installed into this location: /home/user/miniconda3 [ENTER]

You can undo this by running conda init --reverse $SHELL? yes

Do you wish the installer to initialize Miniconda3 by running conda init? yes.

Close and reopen terminal.

conda update -n base -c defaults conda

The following packages will be INSTALLED/REMOVED/UPDATED/DOWNGRADED:… Proceed ([y]/n)? y

conda create -n pyvoice python=3.12

The following (NEW) packages will be downloaded/INSTALLED:… Proceed ([y]/n)? y

conda activate pyvoice
pip install -r https://raw.githubusercontent.com/filipezabala/voice/master/requirements.txt

4.2.1. Homebrew

Install Homebrew, ‘The Missing Package Manager for macOS (or Linux)’ and remember to brew doctor eventually. At terminal (command + space 'terminal') run:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

4.2.2. wget

GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and FTPS, the most widely used Internet protocols. It is a non-interactive commandline tool, so it may easily be called from scripts, cron jobs, terminals without X-Windows support, etc.

brew install wget

4.2.3. Python

Python is a programming language that integrate systems. According to this post, it is recommended to install Python 3.8 and 3.9 and make it consistent.

brew install python@3.12
python3 --version 
pip3 --version

4.2.4. ffmpeg

ffmpeg is a cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. The installation may take several minutes.

brew install ffmpeg

4.2.5. XQuartz

The XQuartz project is an open-source effort to develop a version of the X.Org X Window System that runs on macOS.

• Download and run https://github.com/XQuartz/XQuartz/releases/download/XQuartz-2.8.5/XQuartz-2.8.5.pkg
• Will take around 320 MB of disk space
  
• Send XQuartz-2.8.5.dmg to Trash

4.2.6. MacPorts

Follow the instructions from https://guide.macports.org/chunked/installing.macports.html.

4.2.7. tcllib

sudo port selfupdate && sudo port upgrade tcllib
sudo port install tcllib

4.2.8. MuseScore

MuseScore is an open source notation software.

• Download and run https://musescore.org/en/download/musescore.dmg
  
• Drag MuseScore 4 to Applications folder
  
• Will take around 320 MB of disk space
  
• Unmount MuseScore-4.2.1 virtual disk and send MuseScore-4.2.1.240230937.dmg to Trash

4.2.9. R

R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics.

• Download and run the pkg file according to you architecture from https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/
• Will take around 180 MB of disk space

4.2.10. RStudio

RStudio is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for R.

• Download and run https://download1.rstudio.org/electron/macos/RStudio-2025.05.0-496.dmg
• Drag RStudio to Applications folder
  
• Will take around 770 MB of disk space
  
• Unmount RStudio virtual disk and send RStudio-2025.05.0-496.dmg to Trash
  
• Type command + space 'rstudio'
  
• Tools > Global Options… > Appearance > Merbivore (Restart required)

4.2.11. R packages

“Packages are the fundamental units of reproducible R code.” Hadley Wickham and Jennifer Bryan. Type command + space 'terminal'

sudo R

Running R as super user paste the following, one line at a time.

packs <- c('audio','reticulate','R.utils','seewave','tidyverse','tuneR','wrassp')
install.packages(packs, dep = TRUE)
update.packages(ask = FALSE)
devtools::install_github('egenn/music')
devtools::install_github('flujoo/gm')

4.2.12. Miniconda

Miniconda is a free minimal installer for conda, an open source package, dependency and environment management system for any language—Python, R, Ruby, Lua, Scala, Java, JavaScript, C/ C++, FORTRAN and more, that runs on Windows, macOS and Linux.

For 64-bit version use

cd ~/Downloads
wget -r -np -k https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh
cd repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/
bash Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh

For M1 version use

cd ~/Downloads
wget -r -np -k https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-arm64.sh
cd repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/
bash Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-arm64.sh

In order to continue the installation process, please review the license agreement. Please, press ENTER to continue ENTER.

You can undo this by running conda init --reverse $SHELL? yes

Close and reopen terminal.

export PATH="~/miniconda3/bin:$PATH"
conda update -n base -c defaults conda

The following packages will be INSTALLED/REMOVED/UPDATED/DOWNGRADED:… Proceed ([y]/n)? y

conda create -n pyvoice python=3.12

The following (NEW) packages will be downloaded/INSTALLED:… Proceed ([y]/n)? y

Close and reopen terminal.

conda activate base
conda activate pyvoice
pip install -r https://raw.githubusercontent.com/filipezabala/voice/master/requirements.txt