[DECtalk] Too high-pitched notes, and DecTalk sounds distorted

[Alex Hall]

You could always drop it a key or two, or just subtract 12 from 
the numbers you are using.  This would make it an octave lower 
than the song, but it would not squeal or give you bursts of 
static, as I think you are getting with the high notes.  What I 
mean by dropping it a key or so is subtracting the same number 
from all the note numbers.  If you wanted to drop the sequence 
24, 27, 29, 26, 24 from b (where it is now) to, say g, just 
subtract 4 from all those numbers and get 20, 23, 25, 22, 20.  
Dropping the sequence 1 octave is, as I said, just subtracting 12 
from all the numbers.  I know this does not give you the pitch 
you want, but you can get the song working like you want it and 
then play with the numbers, being careful to add or subtract the 
same thing to all of them, until you find the highest pitch dt 
will go.  Sorry I could not be of more help, and let me know if 
that did not make sense.  By the way, your English is extremely 
good, much better than my Spanish, and I took five and a half 
years of consecutive Spanishcourses.

Have a great day,
Alex

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: Talksina <evvivajaws at libero.it
>To: dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
>Date sent: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:43:56 +0200
>Subject: [DECtalk] Too high-pitched notes, and DecTalk sounds 
distorted

>Hi,
>I'd like to ask a question to DecTalk experienced users.
>how to manage high-pitched notes?
>Well, I tried to build the song "moonlight shadow", by Mike 
Oldfield,
>one of my favourite songs but the voice pitch was very very high 
and
>not nice to hear; notes are, if I can remember well, over the 26
>number! Or at least 24! The herz code to associate to the 
phoneme,
>for producing the note, I mean.
>I heard many songs on the archive that I suppose are much more
>difficult than Moonlight shadow.  That song "i swear" by Snoopi 
Boten
>especially.  He managed to make it sing quite OK with All4one's 
voice
>in background! I'd never do something like that, using the 
original
>song, as it would confuse me a lot.
>and Snoopi, if you read me, I am going to buy one of your cd's 
soon,
>after holidays.  I'd like to promote your skills in my country 
too.
>You deserve it all.
>Thanks in advance for advices on the high pitched notes
>PS my next synth challenge will be the song "happy days"

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