[DECtalk] OT: Another Singing Synth!

[Alex H.]

Nice! Sounds pretty cool. Yeah, I'm not a MIDI expert by any means, so
it's over my head right there. lol
thanks for posting though, sounds very cool.

Alex

On 11/22/11, Raymond Grote <musicalman1 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> Just thought I'd inform you guys about a singing synthesizer This isn't the
> best list to put it on since it doesn't have much to do with Dectalk, but it
> has to do with singing synths. If you're a musician and are on any midi and
> audio mailing lists or forums, you might want to post it there because it
> might gain interest. Maybe some already use it.
> So, what is it? It's called Syng, and it is a vst plugin.
> Here's a little bit about it. You control it with midi, so if you're not
> well rehearsed with that, I would recommend getting somewhat familiar on
> that if you want to go through the trouble. On channel 1 you put the notes
> you want to sing, easy enough. The vocal range is very wide, in fact i don't
> see a limit yet, but I'd obviously stick to the middle, it sounds much
> better there. On channel 2 you put the phonemes. It's sort of like playing a
> drum set, where every note is a different drum sound, in syng there are
> forty-nine notes given to the forty-nine phonemes.
> For anyone who doesn't understand any of that, please do not torture
> yourself trying this. I don't want to be held responsible for your
> frustration.
> To keep from boring casual listers, I'll keep the rest of this brief. It's a
> freeby, which means you have to pay for it. Zero buks, in fact. Pretty
> cheep, eh?
> The manual, which is in pdf format, is readable, but there are a few tables,
> like those that describe the midi stuff, which are pretty confusing. Not
> only because the content is confusing but because of the layout. If it gains
> enough interest I'll consider converting it to text and making it easer to
> read, and maybe i'll write some stuff in myself if i'm brave enough.
> As for how it sounds? The phonemes are in UK English, according to the
> manual, so it will probably sound British, but to me it sounds australian,
> with the little i've played with it. I haven't ventured to look for demos of
> it yet since I'm still learning it, and I don't want to get disappointed
> with how bad it really is, or here how bad I am. I'm working on some
> productions of my own, and if it's half decent, I'll make some demos of my
> own and give links to other demos if I find any. So with that said, the link
> to download it is:
> http://www.xoxos.net/vst/vst.html
> Click on the link that says "Download Syng2"
> If you have any specific questions about how to do something, or what
> something technical means, I'd recommend asking off list, although it really
> doesn't matter to me. It's more for the mods, owners, and other listers who
> aren't interested.
> Enjoy!
>