Catalog Series

Human Vocality Primitives

Rights-cleared, articulation-level recordings of fundamental human vocal behaviors—captured as modular primitives for generative audio systems, embodied agents, and expressive vocal modeling. This series focuses on vocal mechanics (airflow, phonation, resonance, and gesture), not text-to-speech or linguistic content.

Why this series matters

Most “voice datasets” are optimized for language. Human vocality is broader: breath noise, phonation modes, resonance shaping, non-lexical gestures, and physiological cycles. HVP isolates these behaviors so models can learn controllable, human-aligned vocal mechanics—independent of words.

Airflow control
Phonation modes
Resonance shaping
Non-lexical gesture

What makes it hard to capture

These signals are subtle, highly variable, and easy to mislabel without performer-grade domain knowledge. Clean isolation must preserve intent while avoiding fatigue artifacts, and metadata must describe controllable behaviors rather than subjective adjectives.

Subseries

Human Vocality Primitives is organized into four subseries. Each is listed below with its datasets, CMS-driven for accurate status updates.

Airflow & Airstream Primitives

Non-phonated vocal output: breath noise, aspiration, whisper continua, and physiological breathing patterns— captured as controllable airstream behaviors.

Breath & Noise Airstreams

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Controlled airflow textures including exhalations, fricative noise, and shaped airstream bursts.

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Human Vocality Primitives

Voice and Vocal Techniques

IN PRODUCTION

Breathing Cycles & Physiological Patterns

IN PRODUCTION

A comprehensive collection of natural inhale–exhale cycles, emotional breaths, and physiological airflow patterns captured with clinical clarity for expressive audio modeling.

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Human Vocality Primitives

Voice and Vocal Techniques

IN PRODUCTION

Plosives & Non-Lexical Consonant Bursts

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Unvoiced consonant transients including plosives, clicks, bursts, and shaped onsets.

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Human Vocality Primitives

Voice and Vocal Techniques

IN PRODUCTION

Whisper & Aspiration

IN PRODUCTION

Whisper phonation with varying pressure, turbulence, and vowel shaping.

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Human Vocality Primitives

Voice and Vocal Techniques

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Phonation Mode Primitives

Voiced output across foundational laryngeal modes: modal, breathy, pressed, falsetto/loft, and fry/subharmonic behaviors— captured with technique boundaries and controllable transitions.

Breathy & Semi-Modal Phonation

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Soft phonation with turbulent onsets and airy harmonic profiles.

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Human Vocality Primitives

Voice and Vocal Techniques

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Falsetto / Loft Phonation

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Light-register phonation with smooth attacks and harmonic purity.

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Human Vocality Primitives

Voice and Vocal Techniques

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Modal Phonation

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Steady, natural vocal tone across pitch, amplitude, and sustained vowel sets.

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Human Vocality Primitives

Voice and Vocal Techniques

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Pressed & Constricted Phonation

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Intense phonation types with high tension, narrowed resonance, and sharp onsets.

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Human Vocality Primitives

Voice and Vocal Techniques

IN PRODUCTION

Vocal Fry & Subharmonic Phonation (Physiological)

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Low-register fry, creak, and controlled subharmonic behaviors.

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Human Vocality Primitives

Voice and Vocal Techniques

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Formant & Resonance Primitives

Vowel and tract-shaping behaviors: formant motion, nasalization/velum control, and harmonic–formant interactions— designed for explicit resonance control rather than linguistic labeling.

Nasalization & Velum Control

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Resonance adjustments through velum shaping and nasal airflow variations.

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Human Vocality Primitives

Voice and Vocal Techniques

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Overtone / Harmonic Formant Interaction

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Harmonic emphasis techniques demonstrating partial isolation and resonance steering.

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Human Vocality Primitives

Voice and Vocal Techniques

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Vowel Morphing & Formant Shifts

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Continuous vowel transitions with controlled formant movement.

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Human Vocality Primitives

Voice and Vocal Techniques

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Gestural & Expressive Primitives

Non-lexical vocal actions: mouth clicks, pops, smacks, expressive bursts, vocal gestures, and reverse-phonation behaviors— captured as discrete controllable events and expressive envelopes.

Effort and Exertion Vocal Primitives

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Non-lexical vocal sounds produced under physical load, including strained airflow, exertion exhales, and effort-linked vocal gestures.

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Human Vocality Primitives

Voice and Vocal Techniques

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Inhales & Reverse Phonation (Physiological)

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Reverse airflow gestures including gasps, inhales, and reversed articulation effects.

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Human Vocality Primitives

Voice and Vocal Techniques

IN PRODUCTION

Mouth Clicks, Smacks & Pop Articulations

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Close-miked percussive gestures with diverse transient shapes.

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Human Vocality Primitives

Voice and Vocal Techniques

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Non-Lexical Emotional Vocalizations

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A diverse set of human emotional sounds—including laughter, sobs, sighs, and expressive non-lexical gestures—recorded for nuanced vocal and affective AI synthesis.

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Human Vocality Primitives

Voice and Vocal Techniques

IN PRODUCTION

Non-Lexical Vocal Gestures

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Expressive vocalizations including sighs, hums, yelps, and affective gestures.

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Human Vocality Primitives

Voice and Vocal Techniques

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Proteus + Orpheus

All datasets in this series are protected under the Proteus Standard™. Orpheus metadata may be applied at the Enterprise tier to support instruction-tuned control vocabularies for airflow, phonation mode, resonance behaviors, and non-lexical vocal gesture.

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