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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>if you want to send me part of the 2 files, I can get
you started so you have something to go by.</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 4:45:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
musicalman1@comcast.net writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Is it just with the rests, or is it with every phoneme? If
it's with every phoneme, it could cause problems. However I suspect that this
is not a problem with phonemes, because sometimes I'd make a song and have to
put an extra note in there and everything would stay in sync. Since I have a
whole bunch of time now I will test it and let you know how it turns out.
Thanks for the information about the rests, it finally answers the question
why one of my works had two voices going out of sync. Now I know the answer! I
also learned long ago that you can not put two phonemes together, say duw.
Instead they have to be seperated and otherwise it'll go all out of sync. I am
not going to even try having background music, because I know it's going to be
harder then having two voices with there own parts.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 29, 2006 11:36
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [DECtalk] Getting Dectalk
To Sing Independent Vocal Parts</DIV>
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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 title=http://www.dectalksings.com/
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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