Virtual Singers for Lyrics

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Charles Bryan Posted May 16, 2017 18:40 Not planned

I have Win 64 & pro and Finale 25. I want an instrument which will sing my lyrics intelligibly and with expression. There are text-reading programs and HTML markup systems and Audio libraries of voices and pitch shifters and all the parts necessary to make singing voices, but no applications. I want a VSTi plug-in or stand-alone or both. If it exists already, I can't find it. If I have to build one, I will never get to use it because it would take me a decade to put it together. Any suggestions?

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MM_MICHAEL JOHNSON May 18, 2017 22:32

Hi Charles:

This request has been made before (here). It is a rather difficult problem that isn't currently on our roadmap. As mentioned in the other thread EW Symphonic Choir is something you might want to check out. Thank you for posting the request.

Cheers,
Michael Johnson
VP, Professional Notation
MakeMusic

ROBERT WADDELL Posted November 02, 2018 15:39

Just saw this. The intro video is worth watching as it discloses the various problems with virtual "singing" voices. Speaking voices has been with us for a while. But musical rhythms expand and contract speech rhythms, thus the problem of creating virtual voices. My guess is the man hours is almost not worth it financially to charge a fee to recoup R & D and find a market for it. How much of a market would there be? Getting choirs to (as Robert Shaw would say) sing sounds of syllables; don't sing syllables. A daunting task and EW Symphonic has come so close.

WILLIAM REED Posted November 02, 2018 21:25

You'll want to check out EastWest's choral instruments

J ADRIAN VERKOUTEREN Posted November 02, 2018 21:36

Yamaha is working on VOCALOID5, still not a realistic substitute for live vocals in almost any situation. Even the "English" voices sound Asian, but it is a start.

Jeffrey Turner Posted November 03, 2018 00:49

Although it doesn't sing lyrics, the Eric Whitacre sample library sounds very nice to me, but it is fairly expensive

https://www.spitfireaudio.com/shop/promotions/eric-whitacre-choir/

For those on a budget, Spitfire audio has released a free version of the choir in their labs series. It's basically just a single patch from the Whitacre sample library.

https://www.spitfireaudio.com/labs/

Benjamin Ayotte Posted November 03, 2018 18:24

Myriad software has "the virtual singer" packaged with its PDF-to-Music Pro. Maybe a partnership is worth pursuing? Granted it's quite robotic, like 1990s general MIDI, but would be helpful.

Adriano Trasatti Posted November 07, 2018 15:25

Ciao, qualcuno ha provato questa libreria per le voci?
Cosa pensi?

https://www.virharmonic.com/voices_of_prague

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