Cantai: the singing library

Hello

Have you heard of this virtual instrument called CANTAI?

Please note: I have no affiliation with these programmes, even though I use them.

https://cantai.app/

It’s a virtual instrument for voices and choirs. It works with MuseScore (which is more advanced), Dorico (the official version was released a couple of days ago) and Sibelius.

The novelty is that you write the score, add the parts (soprano, alto, tenor, bass, choir) and write the lyrics... And once everything is set up, the result is that it ‘sings’.

I use it with Dorico. It still needs improving, because although it interprets dynamics and accents, and there are many voices available, there will be more. At the moment, in Dorico you can write in English and Latin. But Chinese and Spanish are already available in MuseScore (I think).

I’ve written this little sample song to see how it works.

Hi This does sound Fantastic..............but in my opinion this is NOT ai,

there using the " ai LABEL " in order to promote sales of their products.

The software program im using is over 20 years old, and used a similar TECHNIQUE as in the video below,

that video was posted 19 YEARS AGO !

but we incorporated "REAL-HUMAN-VOCALS" ..some examples below.

Edited 5 hours ago5 hr by interlect

WORDBUILDER !...I forgot to include this link, thats 9 years old, but prebuilt on the 20 year old original program

Edited 5 hours ago5 hr by interlect

I don’t know why it’s called ‘Cantai’.

But I don’t think it has anything to do with artificial intelligence; rather, it means ‘to sing’ or one of its verb forms in various Latin-based languages.

What’s more, it uses recordings of real professional singers (soloists and choirs).

I’m familiar with that software you mention. And I used to have it, but depending on what you want to do or what your needs are, it’s better or worse for different people.

What I like about Cantai is that you write the notes and the text in the same editing programme (MuseScore, Sibelius, Dorico). And that’s it. It uses expression maps for dynamics and so on.

You don’t have to work outside the editing programme (in a DAW, or in XML, etc.). Which is fine, if that’s what you want to do