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

Alex Hall mehgcap at gwi.net
Wed Aug 6 17:54:05 EDT 2008


What will your cd contain? Is it just dt music, just standard 
music, both, instructions for dt, or what? Thanks.

Have a great day,
Alex

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: Dectalk at aol.com
>To: dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
>Date sent: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 16:55:25 EDT
>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Too high-pitched notes, and DecTalk sounds 
distorted

>Gee, I'm honored.  I just finished the last song  for my new CD 
today.  It
>will be a 6 and a half hour MP3 CD with a ton of  commentary and 
Bible reading.
>I just have to do the Praise Medley over  because it's terrible!  
I thought
>it was ok but it's really bad!  I  thought it might pass but man 
it's bad.

>By the way, the song "I swear" was something I was  just messing 
around with.
> I was trying to harmonize with the group.   It's nothing 
serious, but I'm
>glad you liked it.

>About your song.  If you can send me the sheet  music I'll 
program it for
>you.  High notes are tricky but I love doing  them.  Just tell me 
what voice you
>want.  If you hear most of my stuff  you will find I can do 
nearly anything.


>SNOOPI BOTTEN


>In a message dated 8/6/2008 11:44:33 A.M.  Eastern Daylight Time,
>evvivajaws at libero.it writes:

>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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