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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>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 <A href="http://www.dectalksings.com">www.dectalksings.com</A>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>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!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>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.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>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.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>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!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>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.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>SNOOPI BOTTEN </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 12/29/2006 4:14:47 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
ratguy@bellsouth.net writes:</DIV>
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size=2>Hi,<BR>If each note of each voice is the same length, then they
shouldn't get out<BR>of sync. Are you using the "Convert to Wav"
feature? Have you visited the<BR>DECtalk archive?
http://www.bluegrasspals.com/dectalk<BR>If you haven't already, visit the
Software directory and download DECtalk<BR>4.3. This version can convert
its output to wav files which you can then<BR>mix in a sound editor or
multi-track studio program. The newer demo<BR>versions say they have
this feature but it is unavailable for some reason.<BR>Jayson.<BR><BR>-----
Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Raymond Grote"
<musicalman1@comcast.net><BR>To:
<dectalk@bluegrasspals.com><BR>Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 1:08
AM<BR>Subject: [DECtalk] Getting Dectalk To Sing Independent Vocal
Parts<BR><BR><BR>Hi everyone, my name is Raymond and I am very interested in
speech<BR>synthesis. I never knew they could actually sing until about a year
ago. I<BR>have downloaded Dectalk a few months ago and I was trying to get
four<BR>voices, singing all different parts, with different lyrix, sort of
like each<BR>section of a chorus has its own part. I wanted to check here to
make sure I<BR>was correct. If one beat equals 600ms, then just as long as
each beat of<BR>each part was 600ms, nothing would go out of sync? I know that
was a bit<BR>confusing, but I guess the basic rule of thumb is that each note
can be any<BR>length, just as long as each beat equaled the same number of ms?
If this is<BR>not right, then what is the secret to making several voices,
each with its<BR>own lyrix and rhythm, but keeping them in sync?<BR><BR>Hope
everyone has a Happy New
Year!<BR><BR>Raymond<BR><BR><BR><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>----<BR><BR><BR>>
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