source file: m1447.txt Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 15:21:50 -0500 Subject: Re: Voice synth for PowerMacs (VocalWriter 1.0) From: "Michael A. Thompson" Drew Skyfyre wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > For all you PowerMac users ,here's something you may not know about : > VocalWriter 1.0 ,software synth that sings (multitimbral & polyphonic)! > and writes > AIFF files. Includes a GM synth. > > >With the recent development of its breakthrough acoustic modeling > > technology called Resonant Articulatory Synthesis (RAS), KAE Labs > > offers the first musical instrument that can model the human vocal > > tract in singing unrestricted English lyrics. > > A 15 day trial fully functioning demo is available for download > (4MB compressed file). $100 to register. > Go to > > Cheers, > Drew yes, it uses the Macintosh Speech engine. So if you want your piece to sound like HAL then it works great, if you want your piece to sound like a human its not so great. It is fun to mess with though.... I have been working with a major DSP company on a "singing" computer(classical voice--male(tenor)--female(sop.)). The results, still need work, but sound surprisingly human. I will post a web page soon if anybody is interested... Michael