Hi, Bob.

Originally Posted by rsdean
Wow, this is great! The story and production are outstanding.
Coming from you, that's high praise! blush

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The vocals here are also excellent. I could easily hear Emmylou Harris or Dolly Parton covering this one.
Thanks! These synth vocals fall short, but hopefully they convey the song without being too much of a distraction.

I'd started with a different synthetic voice, but she wasn't a native English voice, and one of the commenters found the accent really distracting. Emma's got a strong American accent, so that wasn't a problem. But she doesn't have that twang, and I'm not clever enough to figure out how to make that happen.

I ran the song through Suno, which created a much more convincing vocal. But it also insisted on adding harmonies. Because I don't have the paid version, it also deviated from the melody. And the fact that Suno is stealing people's voices without attribution or compensation is also a bit of a problem. frown

But I'm happy to have tools that let me create a vocal that's closer than using my own voice to demo the song. cool

Thanks for your kind comments, I appreciate them. smile

-- David Cuny
My virtual singer development blog

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