Yahoo Tuning Groups Ultimate Backup tuning Synth Voices and microtuning techniques and production details....

The vocals on the synth voice version that you listened to was produced using a free OSX Application called VocalWriter from:

http://kaelabs.com/

You open a pre-made midi file of the melody, or enter the notes, and then type in the lyrics, and modify the phonemes to taste, from a choice of about 60 standard phonemes.
It can also be used as a midi composer/player and you can tweak, almost any midi controls including pitchbend, velocity, etc.
The interface is very (non- standard to Mac) tedious, yet does actually work, with persistence.

I really appreciate their trial policy and shareware method (Not crippled, so if you like it you voluntarily buy a license for support);
so I bought it.
[When will developers realise that everything is krackable; if users are determined enough;- especially for OSX]

In this case I converted the 12tET output to audio (.aif) (save-to-disk); and LucyTtuned the audio file "live" using Pitch Correction from within Logic Pro 7.1.1:

http://www.apple.com/logicpro/
http://www.apple.com/logicpro/neweffects.html

with the 0b5s LucyTuning codes (free to download) from:

http://www.lucytune.com/midi_and_keyboard/pitch_bend.html

Most of the instruments are retuned samples from AU plug-ins EXS24,

http://www.apple.com/logicpro/sampler.html

and Cameleon 5000;

http://www.camelaudio.com/cameleon5000.php

using this same tuning code (all black notes are sharps), to set the microtuning.

There are only 12 different notes per octave in this piece, so all the (about 20) tracks and effects can be run "live" on my G5 dual.
The twelve-string guitar sound effects at the end were a modified recording of a real LucyTuned 12 string guitar.

see video at this page:

http://www.lullabies.co.uk/lulls2.html

The recording was reprocessed using Spear:

http://www.klingbeil.com/spear/

to produce the higher (non-linear) "harmonics" and then positioned as an extro. audio track to synchronise the effect, with the rest of the song.

The "spooky" sound, was produced using four audio instrument samples and synths with Cameleon 5000 with LucyTuned 0b5s tuning codes.

Further phasing, delay, space modelling, eq, compression, etc. effects were added to each of the 20 tracks using the AU plug-ins provided with Logic Pro 7.

Had I needed to use more than 12 notes per octave, I would have had to bounce some of the tracks into audio, and then changed the LucyTuning codes, before mixing a variety of "live" and audio tracks to get the final mix.

The song (chords, lyrics, melody) was originally conceived and composed on a 12tET acoustic guitar about twenty years ago; and have gone through many stages of evolution,
including composition of microtuned 12 string guitar intro, (in 12/8 time), and lyric developments.

Had I had a copy of the (soon to be released) Melodyne 3 running; I would have been able to do some faster complex modifications of the audio tracks using the tuning codes at:

http://www.lucytune.com/midi_and_keyboard/pitch_bend.html

I hope this answers all your question.
>
> Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 23:27:24 +1100
> From: "Yahya Abdal-Aziz" <yahya@melbpc.org.au>
> Subject: RE: New development of microtuned track to tickle you ears > and imaginations,,,,
>
>
> On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Charles Lucy wrote:
>>
>> Something a little lighter for your ears and entertainment;-)
>> which I consider to be on topic. i.e. practical pop music use of
>> microtuning.
>>
>> http://www.lucytune.com/mp3/HGCNov2305.mp3
>>
>>
>> Lyrics. Highgate Cemetery
>> ...
>
> Charles,
>
> What a pleasure! (as always) to hear something new
> from you. I rather _like_ the synthetic-sounding
> voices ... What was the tuning?
>
> Regards,
> Yahya
>

Charles Lucy - lucy@harmonics.com
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