singing robot

seraph · Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 12:08 am Post subject: singing robot

this song is part of a bigger project I hope to post here shortly. the singing robot was built using a text-to-speech application and then editing pitch and time with Celemony's Melodyne Uno. The piano is FM7.
Anyone recognize the song Question

daisy.mp3

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voice: Richard, the singing robot
arranger, keyboard player: Carlo Serafini

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seraph · Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 12:47 am Post subject:

those 8 bars are the chorus of Daisy Bell or a Bicycle Made for Two
(Written and Composed by Harry Dacre)

http://sniff.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtrad/pages/tiDAISYBEL;ttDAISYBEL.html

elektro80 · Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 12:54 am Post subject:

Hey! This is way cool!

seraph · Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 5:44 am Post subject:

mosc · Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 10:43 am Post subject:

I like this. Very beautiful.

Reminds me of the movie 2001 for some reason. I think Hal did some singing of this sond. I also have a shower curtain with the score printed on it.

BTW, the robot sings "You'll look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle MADE for two." It should be BUILT.

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seraph · Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 1:35 pm Post subject:

Blue Hell · Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 1:58 pm Post subject:

Very nice Carlo !

I've used both text to speech and transpose / stretch tools, but never thought of combining those.

Its a bit like hearing Howard sing through his G2 Very Happy

seraph · Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 3:00 pm Post subject:

seraph · Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 3:04 pm Post subject:

opg · Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 7:42 am Post subject:

Awesome.

I am always looking for more interesting ways to develop robot vocals. I started out with Melody Assistant program with that vocal plug-inVirtual Singer, but besides it being a little too incoherent (the consonants could be better), it was too tedious to create the vocals on the demo version, export to WAV, open it up in FL, etc. I tried sampling it and creating a soundfont, but that destroyed the fluid transitions from consonant to vowel. Next, I tried combining the better-defined consonants from TTS programs with the vowels from Virtual Singer. I then tried doing the same with my own vocals, focusing on syllables rather than individual vowels and consonants, but I can't sing.

I'm going to go back and try again and tune them with something like Antares auto-tune. In the end, I'd like it to be a soundfont or VSTi, but there are just so many samples to deal with. Perhaps it would be better if I just created instructions for the right combinations.

I don't plan on making it sound realistic; I just think that I can work hard to get the most coherent vocals out of it all. Smile

seraph · Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 8:12 am Post subject:

FLechdrop · Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 9:44 am Post subject:

Albeit not totally realistic, it sounds surprisingly human to me.
It's not cold at all, but can be quite touching.

Good stuff.

seraph · Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 10:24 am Post subject:

opg · Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 11:19 am Post subject:

seraph · Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:04 am Post subject: Re: singing robot