Originally Posted By: Mark Hayes
Regarding intelligibility:

In fairness to Emvoice, I didn't try to "help" at all, this is just what you get when you type stuff in! I find the least intelligible parts are repeated notes in the extreme high registers, and where odd complex phrases would be hard to decipher anyway (like "hot pepper bear spray tears streaming face covered all in sweat" or "why did he go don't know he quiet", which is talking-to-a-dog talk.)

Yeah, the problem with higher registers is that it's harder to make out the formant, so there's a lot more room for confusion about the phonemes. This is the sort of problem that sopranos run into all the time.

Add to that a low-level of predictability for the lyrics, and comprehension rapidly disappears, no matter how articulate the singer. wink

But I was also comparing some of the officials Emvoice demos when I was commenting on the voice quality of Emvoice. The voices are pleasant, but very synthetic. They remind me of the old Vocalwriter program - which I really liked the sound of.

Here's an example of someone using Emvoice to create choral music:



It sounds quite good, but the clarity isn't there.

Then again, choirs aren't ordinarily understandable, are they? laugh

I have no doubt that Emvoice will only get better as time goes on. In the meantime, just don't print your lyrics to keep the haters in the dark. wink

-- David Cuny
My virtual singer development blog

Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?