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PostPosted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 5:47 pm    Post subject: Song synthesis Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread
This is fun!

http://espeak.sourceforge.net/download.html

I've been using this software for quite a while now to provide voices for my Hellbo chat bot (which can do chat text to voice, or text files to voice).

For Hellbo I'm running it through the windows speech api (SAPI5), but it provides a standalone command line program as well (which I did not test).

There are OSX and Linux versions available as well (the latter running on ARM V7 processors as well apparently (like the Cortex stuff), which with one of them raspberry like boards (and there are many of those) could make a nice module for a modular too I guess :shock: )

This program is largely driven by text files, it seems highly configurable, it has some cool modifier options like whispering and and many languages are available - some more experimental than others though (currently I'm trying Italian for a Latin text .. which .. dunno ... it's better than an English voice for Latin :lol: ).

The way I make it sing is by running the speech (very) slow and pulling it through a vocoder (on the G2) .. it can give very nice results this way.

I would be interested in what other people use for stuff like this as well. I know there is some Yamaha related singing software for instance, and heard some nice stuff done with that by our forum member [Q].

edit: added an example.

2013-08-25--Blue Hell--agnus dei.mp3
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A singing example - for info please read the article this was posted in

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 7:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread
Ah so that is what you use for midi chat! It looks interesting. I guess you could build a speak and spell with a raspberry pie using this.

I have used the microsoft speech agent with mirc. It gets annoying though if the chat goes faster than it can keep up or if someone posts a URL.

I have used Vocaloid for a couple of songs, but I find it really annoying to use. I have a ripped version that is extra buggy. Here are some examples:

The 'oooh' and 'aaaah' at the start of this song - http://electro-music.com/forum/phpbb-files/wavedancer_165.mp3

The voice at the start of this song - http://electro-music.com/forum/phpbb-files/jacob_watters__stand_up__2012_262.mp3
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 7:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread
For singing I use Vocaloid 3 with various voice banks.

Here is everything you wanted to know or not know about Vocaloids...

http://vocaloid.wikia.com/wiki/Vocaloid_Wiki


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 2:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread
Cynosure wrote:
The 'oooh' and 'aaaah' at the start of this song - http://electro-music.com/forum/phpbb-files/wavedancer_165.mp3


Nice ooh aah's Cool

Thanks for the examples, good stuff.


(added an example to my first post)
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread
This is a demo of Vocaloid 3
It features a hymntune called..

Brother James' Air Air

by

J. L. Macbeth Bain (1840?-1925)


Upper Part sung by Avanna
Lower Part sung by Avanna

Source http://www.mutopiaproject.org/

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 26, 2013 4:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread
My OSX is too old, but on a Mac it can be as easy as:

Code:
set currentUser to long user name of (get system info)
set firstName to first word of currentUser
set lastName to last word of currentUser

set noteValues to {60, 56, 60, 58, 50, 61, 60, 50, 52, 56, 58, 54, 63, 61, 49, 56, 56, 68, 65, 61, 60, 58, 50, 66, 66, 65, 61, 63, 61} -- F

set syllables to {"un", "hap", "p", "hay", "day", "to", "moo", "[[slnc 500]]", "un", "p", "cow", "day", "to", "boo", "[[slnc 500]]", "p", "p", "rain", "day", "dear", firstName, lastName, "[[slnc 500]]", "nap", "p", "sleep", "day", "to", "you"}

repeat with i from 1 to the length of noteValues
   set thisValue to item i of noteValues
   set thisSyllable to item i of syllables
   if length of thisSyllable is less than 3 then
      set speakingRate to 220
   else
      set speakingRate to 100
   end if
   say thisSyllable pitch thisValue using "Cellos" speaking rate speakingRate modulation 0
end repeat


apparently.

[ source: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20120204172337402 ]

This is AppleScript, to be entered into the script editor, to be found somewhere in your apps folder. OSX 10.5.8 doesn't do the pitch, speaking rate and modulation parameters for the say command .. so for For 10.5.8 the line

Code:
say thisSyllable pitch thisValue using "Cellos" speaking rate speakingRate modulation 0


can be changed to

Code:
say thisValue using "Cellos"


a bit boring tho ...


What I also used is the say command from the command line, like :

Code:
cat <filename> | say


which with the Cellos voice is sounding nice for a while -- too bad that a melody can not be set this way, or the speed. (not in 10.5.8 anyway).
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 1:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/nyregion/lawsuit-aims-to-strip-happy-birthday-to-you-of-its-copyright.html?_r=0 Shocked










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PostPosted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 4:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread
Warner/Chappell, hmm I always thought it was owned by Disney. Who, just like microsoft, got rich by copying things and then putting copyright on it.
I can't make out if "Good Morning to All" is under copyright too (I could look that up somewhere) if not you are free to play the music as long as you don't
sing the correct words.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 9:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread
[Q] wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/nyregion/lawsuit-aims-to-strip-happy-birthday-to-you-of-its-copyright.html?_r=0 Shocked










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Oh, right - I changed the composition a bit - is it okay now?
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