;; The resulting base octave is sum of *base-octave* and
;; *base-octave-shift*. This is done to work around a Festival bug
;; causing Festival to segfault or produce invalid pitch on higher pitches.
;; The resulting base octave is sum of *base-octave* and
;; *base-octave-shift*. This is done to work around a Festival bug
;; causing Festival to segfault or produce invalid pitch on higher pitches.