HUMAN VOICE SYNTHESIZING

hi everybody! a friend of mine sent me this link to a software for synthesizing human voices, and the result in my opinion is quite extraordinary. i thinked i should share this with you! best regards!

http://www.virsyn.de/en/E_Products/E.../e_cantor.html

Ugh, the first demo I listened to was absolutely terrible. Way too much vibrato.

The Halleluja is also terrible. Obviously synthesized. I'd rather work with static pitches and Microsoft Sam.

Actually, that Halleluja almost inspires me to write a Stephen Hawking concerto.

The demos on that site are priceless. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time.

(I'm sorry, it's just that some of them are absolutely fantastic in a hilarious way)

Pretty sorry demonstrations of technology if the company is wanting people to take them seriously.

This makes me want to spend money (thank you JG for this wonderful gift of a link):

I need your inspiration

Must admit I've heard worse by far.

The choir canon sounded ok for what it is.

The Ave Regina sounded less synthesised than samples stretched beyond their usable point - the magnitude of the formants changes with pitch change and you cen get away with a small pitch-change (about a semitone either side of sampled pitch) then things sound weird.

Still, not unlike the early "electronic pianos" - risible by today's standards, someone had to make a start.
I won't laugh at it - I could laugh at masses of stuff here but I don't because people try. The first orchestral samples/syntheses were abhorrent - I mean strings? Wha-a-a-at? . .but...we moved on.

My doubts concern the functional value of trying to synthesise the human voice when there are 7 billion around the place. Capturing every nuance is a pipe-dream. The effort might be better spent developing a new, synthesised sound based on the human voice and tell people if they want to compose for real choirs, go join one. Easy-peasy.

Having said that, this seems the way of our technological era: clothe the naked simplicities of life in swathes of technological complexity.

Giselle, that's priceless. I heard better than that in the 80s. It's gratifying to know that professional singers aren't going to be replaced electronically anytime soon. That said...

My doubts concern the functional value of trying to synthesise the human voice when there are 7 billion around the place. Capturing every nuance is a pipe-dream. The effort might be better spent developing a new, synthesised sound based on the human voice and tell people if they want to compose for real choirs, go join one. Easy-peasy.

Having tried with almost no success to get the many choral directors I've worked with over the years to even give my works a reading, I've had it with the whole notion. My only other option would be to gather up some of my singer friends and do it myself. However, I could hardly ask them to take time out of their busy schedules without compensating them for it. Those days are long gone. Even college kids don't do anything for free anymore. I consider myself damned lucky to have a symphony up for performance by a local orchestra this month. All things considered, I'll put up with the technical inadequacies of synthesized instruments and voices. It's easier, and I'm tired of fighting.

Hmm... Interesting little program. To be honest, I'd rather just use a "Voice Aah" then put robotic voices in, but some people use this method, I guess..

Originally Posted by JohnGalt

The Halleluja is also terrible. Obviously synthesized. I'd rather work with static pitches and Microsoft Sam.

I don't see how you'd want to work with Microsoft Sam. Sam is the most retarded piece of shit. To be honest, this is one decent program. Synthesizers aren't suppose to be real. Not all computer generated sounds aim for realism. This one obviously tried, but reached it's limit.

Originally Posted by JuicyPork

I don't see how you'd want to work with Microsoft Sam. Sam is the most retarded piece of shit. To be honest, this is one decent program. Synthesizers aren't suppose to be real. Not all computer generated sounds aim for realism. This one obviously tried, but reached it's limit.

Looks like someone's too dense to spot a joke.