[LAU] Synthesized voices [was :Re: [LAD] Kontakt sampler format (and others like EXS24)]

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> From: "Lorenzo Sutton" <lorenzofsutton at gmail.com>

> >>>> From: "Ralf Mardorf" <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net>
> >>>> The East West Choirs sing your lyrics. It's not another Ahhhh or
> >>>> Ohhhh
> >>>> sample ;).
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI5Gg2-mhmU

> I think you only need the resources/time/skill to sample all the
> phonemes for various choir combinations, add glue and logic, the
> interface, some usual ADSR stuff and filtering, reverb here and there, a
> pinch of randomness, and your done :)
> 
> Another way could be to have 4 singers sing the lines various times
> recording them multi-trak, each take with different miking positions and
> EQing (or keeping the mike still in the room and having them move around
> each time). If the singers were good enough they'd be able to change
> their voice quality slightly at each take to mimic multiple people. Of
> course you need 4 singers if you wanted a full SATB choir, probably just
> a good baritone and dark soprano would suffice to have a mixed choir
> effect for a monophonic or 2-voice line.

Maybe that's how they do it in the video. I gave a try to mbrola and the
result is much more realistic than espeak. Mbrola uses recorded
phonemes (if I understand correctly).