[DECtalk] Getting Dectalk To Sing Independent Vocal Parts

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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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