[DECtalk] Getting Dectalk To Sing Independent Vocal Parts

[Jayson Smith]

Hi,
Using your old account, the old way of uploading things, should still work.
Write me privately if you need a reminder of the username and password.  If
not, let me know what error you're getting.
File upload via the new, public method wasn't working because of a
permissions problem, now fixed.  All should be well now.
Jayson.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Dectalk at aol.com>
To: <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Getting Dectalk To Sing Independent Vocal Parts


>
> Hi Raymond, I'm snoopi and I program Dectalk to sing  for a living.  I
just
> release a new CD on December 3rd and a demo can be  heard on
> _www.dectalksings.com_ (http://www.dectalksings.com)
>
> Your question has a simple answer.  With each  voice you are using, the
> speech rate kind of has to be all the same.  I say  kind of because it's
weird!
>
> Like I did the song "Dream" in 2 part  harmony.      it's been a few
years,
> but if I  remember right, the speech rates for each voice had to be
adjusted.
> One  would think you would just set the two rates the same, but I'm
> remembering there  was something really strange that I had to do but I
can't remember
> what.
>
> I can say that there is a bug in the rest commands of  every version of
> Dectalk.  Lets say you put in [_<2000>] for a  rest.  In actuality, the
rest will
> end up being 1800 milliseconds long  instead of the full 2000.  And the
longer
> you want the rest the more time  is cut short from it.  I have this
problem
> all the time and I think it's  just a Dectalk bug.
>
> I'm thinking you may have to make slight adjustments  in some of your
rests
> to get everything in sync.  I hate programming duets  for that reason,
it's not
> a cut and dry thing.  The speech rates need to  match, yet the rests need
to
> be slightly different.  Like if a voice keeps  falling behind, try adding
25
> or 50 on to the rest values.  I know it feels  wrong, it looks wrong, but
it
> comes out right.  Don't ask me why.   That bug makes me crazy all the
time!
>
> By the way, Jason, if you are reading, I want to  upgrade my files on
> Bluegrass but I'm locked out.  I finally solved all my  problems so my
files now
> sound more professional.  I actually want to dump  everything on Bluegrass
and
> start fresh.  The problem was, I wasn't  rendering.  I didn't even know
about
> rendering until 2 months ago.  I  knew about video rendering, but not
audio
> cleaning or rendering.  That's  why most of my files on Bluegrass sound
bad.  I got
> things fine  now.
>
>
> SNOOPI BOTTEN
>
>
> In a message dated 12/29/2006 4:14:47 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> ratguy at bellsouth.net writes:
>
> Hi,
> If each note of each voice is the same length, then they  shouldn't get
out
> of sync.  Are you using the "Convert to Wav"  feature?  Have you visited
the
> DECtalk archive?   http://www.bluegrasspals.com/dectalk
> If you haven't already, visit the  Software directory and download DECtalk
> 4.3.  This version can convert  its output to wav files which you can then
> mix in a sound editor or  multi-track studio program.  The newer demo
> versions say they have  this feature but it is unavailable for some
reason.
> Jayson.
>
> -----  Original Message ----- 
> From: "Raymond Grote"  <musicalman1 at comcast.net>
> To:  <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 1:08  AM
> Subject: [DECtalk] Getting Dectalk To Sing Independent Vocal  Parts
>
>
> Hi everyone, my name is Raymond and I am very interested in  speech
> synthesis. I never knew they could actually sing until about a year  ago.
I
> have downloaded Dectalk a few months ago and I was trying to get  four
> voices, singing all different parts, with different lyrix, sort of  like
each
> section of a chorus has its own part. I wanted to check here to  make sure
I
> was correct. If one beat equals 600ms, then just as long as  each beat of
> each part was 600ms, nothing would go out of sync? I know that  was a bit
> confusing, but I guess the basic rule of thumb is that each note  can be
any
> length, just as long as each beat equaled the same number of ms?  If this
is
> not right, then what is the secret to making several voices,  each with
its
> own lyrix and rhythm, but keeping them in sync?
>
> Hope  everyone has a Happy New  Year!
>
> Raymond
>
>
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