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 yesterday at 11:22 AM1 day by interlect

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

Edited yesterday at 11:54 AM1 day 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

You Maby Right....

From my perspective, i would have to be Chained &Tied to using 1 program- called MuseScore

as opposed to using a "Drag&Drop" procedure, with Symphony Choirs WORDBUILDER

Which for myself would be approx 75% Faster.......

However Cantai has created a unique concept , in Vocal Score Assignment.

Edited 12 hours ago12 hr by interlect

Yes, I do understand.

I think it depends a lot on what your goals are, how you work, and why.

For someone who arranges or produces music, who works with a DAW, a ‘wordbuilder’-type concept will be best because the result is surely more realistic (at least for now, given that Cantai has only been on the market for less than a week, according to Dorico). It also allows you to work with lots of different software.

But that’s not my role when it comes to music. What I like is writing music and getting it to sound, more or less, acceptable. I do it purely as a hobby; it’s not my profession. And although I’ve used Finale and MuseScore, I’m much more familiar with Dorico. That’s why this integration is brilliant for me.

Im very pleased for you , its great when things go your way......................it starts opening Doors.