[DECtalk] Getting Dectalk To Sing Independent Vocal Parts
Jayson Smith
ratguy at bellsouth.net
Fri Dec 29 12:43:04 EST 2006
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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