Originally Posted By: dcuny
Originally Posted By: rayc
Could you explain how you do it?
I've only seen/heard the Miku pedal so am unsure if it's a midi manipulation or something else.

I've got a couple of Vocaloids, so I can give a brief explanation.

The Miku guitar pedal has some of the sounds of that Vocaloid character, but isn't really representative of the program.

You can buy Vocaloid voice libraries, but to get them to sing, you have to use a graphical editor. The file format is a proprietary superset of MIDI.

The editor that works much like the "piano roll" editor in other programs. In BiaB, for example, go to Window ⏵ Piano Roll ⏵ Piano Roll Window to see the piano roll editor. The x axis represents time, while the y axis is pitch. You can just click and drag to draw a note.



Each green "bar" represents a single syllable. You can either enter syllables phonetically, or enter words, and have Vocaloid automatically convert them into phonetic syllables.

On the bottom section, you can see that various parameters (dynamics, breathiess, clarity, gender) can be dynamically modified.

In case you weren't aware, BiaB supports vocal synthesis using the free online Sinsy program.

Thanks David,
I'm here to learn - BIAB manipulation as well as mixing tracking, automation - the works - except mastering as I know I haven't the ears for mastering so I get that done. The rest I'm more than happy to learn about & look for opportunities to fold new knowledge with old. I erred on the side of "sharing" views and ideas - that's my background on forums and in life. I suppose I've learnt a lesson - thank you for putting it in context and perspective. I still reckon an intermediate section of the forum would be cool - a place to ask, offer and "share".

Cheers
rayc
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