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Phase vocoder
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<p>A phase vocoder is a type of <a href="/facts/Vocoder/sSymnRBU">vocoder</a>-purposed algorithm which can <a href="/facts/Interpolation/8PyetX4f">interpolate</a> information present in the <a href="/facts/Frequency/QUSbPaW8">frequency</a> and <a href="/facts/Time_domain/1w6mP2MU">time domains</a> of audio signals by using <a href="/facts/Phase_(waves)/cpGtuVll">phase</a> information extracted from a frequency transform. The computer <a href="/facts/Algorithm/fnl5NmRt">algorithm</a> allows <a href="/facts/Frequency-domain/pyTVrUSq">frequency-domain</a> modifications to a digital sound file (typically <a href="/facts/Audio_timescale-pitch_modification/647HEoTb">time expansion/compression and pitch shifting</a>). </p><p>At the heart of the phase vocoder is the <a href="/facts/Short-time_Fourier_transform/XHo1t2m6">short-time Fourier transform</a> (STFT), typically coded using <a href="/facts/Fast_Fourier_transform/caT7UUCh">fast Fourier transforms</a>. The STFT converts a <a href="/facts/Time_domain/1w6mP2MU">time domain</a> representation of sound into a <a href="/facts/Time-frequency_representation/b3BqBScJ">time-frequency representation</a> (the "analysis" phase), allowing modifications to the amplitudes or phases of specific frequency components of the sound, before resynthesis of the time-frequency domain representation into the time domain by the inverse STFT. The time evolution of the resynthesized sound can be changed by means of modifying the time position of the STFT frames prior to the resynthesis operation allowing for time-scale modification of the original sound file. </p>