SoundsOnline Ships Vocaloid Avanna, The Robo Enya

SoundsOnline.com, a division of EastWest, has begun shipping its “Celtic-inspired” vocaloid virtual vocalist, Avanna. If you check out the demos on their site, ‘Celtic-inspired’ translates roughly into ‘robo-Enya’. Yamaha’s Vocaloid technology is designed to let you create virtual vocals by entering lyrics and notes. At this point, the voice synthesis technology is realistic enough to… Read More SoundsOnline Ships Vocaloid Avanna, The Robo Enya

Isao Tomita To Premier Work With Virtual Singer Miku

Electronic music pioneer Isao Tomita, 80, has announced he will feature a virtual singer Hatsune Miku as the main singer in his upcoming orchestra concert on November 23rd at Tokyo Opera City Hall in Tokyo. His new piece Ihatov Symphony, which expresses the world of Kenji Miyazawa’s novel, will be performed by Japan Philharmonic Orchestra… Read More Isao Tomita To Premier Work With Virtual Singer Miku

Smule AutoRap Hits 2.5 Million Downloads, Now Everyone’s A Rapper

If you hate AutoTune, prepare to take a long elevator ride down to the previously undiscovered 10th circle of hell. Developer Smule has released AutoRap, for Android & iOS devices, and, in just a few days, the app has been download 2.5 million times. With Smule’s “rappification” technology, AutoRap maps the syllables of your speech to… Read More Smule AutoRap Hits 2.5 Million Downloads, Now Everyone’s A Rapper

Synthophone Turns Your iPhone, iPad Into A Virtual Stylophone

Developer Beats ‘n’ Bobs has released Synthophone, a virtual Stylophone for iOS. According to the developer, Synthophone “pays homage to the original Stylophone but with more modulation options.” Features: Three different waveforms such as sawtooth, square and triangle wave. Control the vibrato (pitch modulation) speed and depth. Transpose up each note to the next octave.… Read More Synthophone Turns Your iPhone, iPad Into A Virtual Stylophone