Re: [LAU] [Absolutely OT] - for musicians only

On 30/1/2010, "Folderol" <folderol@email-addr-hidden> wrote:

>On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:58:39 -0800
>Ken Restivo <ken@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 06:52:21PM +0100, fons@email-addr-hidden wrote:
>> > On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 09:41:35AM -0800, Ken Restivo wrote:
>> >
>> > > I'm absolutely stunned by the quality of the vocal work
>> > > on Stephane's Rennaisance-styled choral peices, which are
>> > > made entirely of phonemes generated on Linux-- no actual singers.
>> > > So I'd guess if you partner with him, it'd be entirely possible
>> > > to generate the whole choir in Linux.

So how do you go about creating a synthesising a singing voice in Linux?
I'd love to have a go but have a sneaky suspicion it's in no way
trivial.

I quite enjoyed listening to it, though it's not what I usually listen
to (or more like, what I used to listen to but rarely do anymore).

james.

>> >
>> > I only know one Stephane on LAU - the Jack2 one - are you
>> > you referring to him ? Any pointers to his work ?
>> > It would be great if we could do that *live* ...
>>
>> Stéphane Magnenat,
>>
>> http://stephane.magnenat.net/music.html
>>
>> I have no idea if that's the JACK2 dude, but his choral peices done in Linux are pretty impressive.
>>
>> -ken
>
>Just finally got around to checking this out. If you hadn't told me
>these weren't real singers I'd never have guessed it :?
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