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2007 NAMM Show: DigiTech, a manufacturer of musical instrument signal processors, and a Harman International, announced two new vocal effects processors - the Vocalist Live 2 and Vocalist Live 4 vocal harmony and effects floor processors for performing guitarists.
Utilizing DigiTech’s MusIQ technology, the Vocalist Live processors generate intelligent, multi-part vocal harmonies using the singer’s voice. [...]

Bitnotic’s VX-323 Vocal Synthesizer is a free software instrument for the Macintosh that plays synthesized speech. Here’s an example of the VX-323 in action (MP3)
The app is currently in beta testing, so the instrument has a built-in expiration date, but it seems stable.
VX-323 lets you play synthesized speech with your Mac using your mouse or [...]

Bitnotic has introduced VX-323, a free software instrument that plays real-time synthesized speech in response to MIDI commands. (MP3 sample)
VX-323 lets you incorporate synthesized speech into performances or record it in programs like Garageband.
The program features an easy-to-use interface, flexible instrument setup, and high-quality audio output. You can use it for recording or live [...]

 

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A time limited, but fully functional demo version of Cantor 2 is now available.
Cantor is a realtime vocal synthesizer that lets you enter lyrics and then “sing” them as you play a melody on a MIDI keyboard. More than a dozen of demo projects including the one used to make our audio demos gives you [...]

Virsyn is shipping Cantor 2, described as “a breakthrough in synthesis of solo, background and choir voices.”
According to Virsyn, a vast improvement in sound quality and intelligibility has been achieved. The range of voice characters is virtually unlimited: it goes from robotic voice characters to highly expressive and nearly realistic sounding voices.
The completely reworked [...]

VirSyn sends word that Cantor 2 is coming soon.
This bilingual vocal synthesizer creates eerily lifelike vocals. While they aren’t likely to be confused with real vocals, they have a realistic vocal quality to them that’s very different than vocoder effects.
Mike Oldfield used Cantor recently to add vocals on his latest CD, Light and Shade.
Here’s an [...]

Ueberschall announces the availability of The Voice Vol.1 for Mac and PC in October 2006.
Description:
This is something revolutionary new: Vocal phrases of a choir with independently editable voices in a PlugIn for VST, Audio Units and RTAS. For the first time ever it is possible to change a single voice within a choir - independently [...]

Syntheway has updated the Magnus Choir VSTi to version 1.5.
Improvements:

Updated built-in sound bank to 32 patches (16 new predefined sounds of Choirs, Vocal Textures and Pads)
Added State Variable Filter, that includes Low Pass, High Pass, Band Pass, and Band Reject Filters with adjustable Cutoff Frequency and Resonance
Added MIDI Automation: MIDI Continuous Controllers (MIDI CC) messages [...]