Experiments with microtuned Vocal Synthesis

A few weeks ago I mentioned that I had been playing with a new Mac application called VocalWriter.

http://kaelabs.com/

It allows you to pitchbend a midi file and select from about six voices which will sing a choice from about fifty phonemes for each note.

There is a free demo download at their site.

To avoid all the tedious midi pitchbends, I did the tuning modifications from 12edo to LucyTuning from within Logic Pro 7 using pitch correction and SongSetting/Tunings.

The strange rhythm is taken from a short percussion loop I grabbed from a Tinariwen (camel pattern) track and I converted into midi using beat mapping.

I have posted an example of the results, which is a rough mix of part of a song which I wrote many years ago in Brazil,
where I was unable to find anyone who spoke any English and at that time I knew none of the local language.

http://www.lucytune.com/mp3/VivaTouristPart21Aug05.mp3

I shall eventually complete the mix and it will be on a forthcoming album later this year.

Charles Lucy - lucy@harmonics.com
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--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, Charles Lucy <lucy@h...> wrote:
> A few weeks ago I mentioned that I had been playing with a new Mac
> application called VocalWriter.
>
> http://kaelabs.com/>
//
> The strange rhythm is taken from a short percussion loop I grabbed
> from a Tinariwen (camel pattern) track and I converted into midi
> using beat mapping.
>
> I have posted an example of the results, which is a rough mix of
> part of a song which I wrote many years ago in Brazil,
> where I was unable to find anyone who spoke any English and at
> that time I knew none of the local language.
>
> http://www.lucytune.com/mp3/VivaTouristPart21Aug05.mp3

That's nice, Charles!

-Carl