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

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It's not that I can't program songs by ear, I just  don't like to.  If the 
song is short and simple, it's no problem.  But  it's the longer songs I have 
trouble with.  I'm so use to sheet music that  I just prefer it because my mind 
automatically sees milliseconds and  phonetics.  I've been doing this since 
1989, so it's totally nothing to me  any more.
 
I program songs for the disabled community, and I tell  everyone it takes me 
over 10 hours to program a song.  I do this because  for people who have spent 
days programming a song, they would be sick if they  knew the truth.  With 
sheet music, I can program most songs in about 2  hours give or take.  Without 
sheet music, oh man man,  forever.
 
I love being on this listserv because you all program  Dectalk.  In the past 
I have been nominated for awards for my Dectalk  skills which I hate!  I never 
wanted to be the best in the world, I only  wanted to be good.  I dream of 
the day when other people start releasing  CDs with Dectalk or some other 
software because it's only then when it will  create a new music category that I can 
take part in.  My dream is to get a  Dove Award and to sing at the Grand Ole 
Opre.  
 
Anyway, I wanted to throw something out and I meant to  mention this before.  
Now, I know nothing about marketing which is my  biggest problem.  BUT, if 
any of you ever wanted to put your stuff on CD, I  want to offer my services.  
I'm still learning how to mix stuff and have no  one to teach me.  So I'm no 
professional by a long shot!  I understand  how to do stereo, but every time i 
try actual stereo, the music goes out the  left speaker and the vocals go out 
the right.  So I convert everything into  a multiple mono mix and then convert 
it back into stereo.  So if you can  live with that, I'll be delighted to 
help.  Or, if you can tell me how to  avoid that split, I'd be grateful.  The 
split never happens on my computer,  if I do a true stereo mix everything shows in 
both speakers, but if I burn it or  upload it, it splits. That's why I 
convert to multiple mono.  It's  nuts!
 
In any event, I'm sorry I misunderstood the  question.  If a note goes above 
37 or high C, you just go down an  octave.  BUT, if you know what you are 
doing within a key, you can change  notes.  It took me forever to learn that, but 
any song has  flexibility.   Take Sandi Patty, if she gets tired in a concert, 
she  can always chance a high note to a lower note without changing octaves.  
I  can do this be ear only.  I can't tell you guys how to do it because it  
kind of goes by feeling.  And some times you need to change more than just  a 
single note.  And even if your not out of range, changing notes also  changes 
the expression.  It's tricky to do but can always be  done.
 
 
SNOOPI BOTTEN 
 
 
In a message dated 8/7/2008 4:16:52 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
evvivajaws at libero.it writes:

Hi, so,  if I can understand it right, if I have a 26, to make it go one 
octave lower,  it could be 14, isn't it?
I suppose it's the same mathematic operation with  herz, that I use with 
Loquendo voice. With the difference that, if dt is 13  for the center c note, 
Loquendo is 130.
So, to have the octave higher it  would be 260. The double.
Unfortunately I do not have music sheets with me,  to find the melody notes, 
I just use Quick Windows Sequencer, to find the  melody out.
I just turn the stereo on with the cd or recording of the  original song, 
turn the virtual keyboard on, on my Windows sequencer, then  start to listen, 
play and try to follow. Once I find the right note, just one,  I stop the stereo 
and try to play it going back. Or forward, with the notes  succession
and then, if I can, I start working. With loquendo if it's  italian, with dt 
if it's international song.
Thanks for the considerations  about my English, it's about 15 years I know 
the language(I am 28) and of  course Internet forces me to communicate in 
English almost all the time! I  found many interesting resources for blind people's 
integration abroad(from  computers to hobbies) so if I want to get 
informations and to interact, I must  communicate! And, the trouble is that I have the 
sensation I am the only  Italian who can make DecTalk sing, I know no one else 
here who can do  it
bye




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