Celemony Software has announced the fall release of Version 3 of the legendary audio software Melodyne for Mac and PC. Melodyne3 offers a new algorithm that allows any type of audio material to profit from Melodyne’s unique editing functions and sound quality; in other words, Melodyne is no longer limited to the editing of melodies… Read More Melodyne Updated
Virsyn sends word that “Cantor, die vocal machine, singt nun auch deutsch. (Cantor, the vocal machine, sings also in German now). For musicians that don’t need a virtual German, Virsyn has added and improved other features, also. Cantor 1.6 also offers a MIDI import function, which can read embedded lyrics. Choir rendering lets users create… Read More Virsyn Cantor Now Sings in German
Precisionsound has released Angelic Vocal Pads II for SoundFonts, HALion & Kontakt. This vocal pads has been recorded with two different male singers, “Dario” & “Antoni”. “AAA”, “OOO” and “MMM”, note by note chromatically, treated, filtered and seamlessly looped. Each SampleSet contains: 2 programs for the SoundFont versions (16 bit 44.1KHZ Stereo): “Normal”, “Slow attack”.… Read More Precisionsound releases Angelic Vocal Pads II
VirSyn has released Cantor 1.5, a completely revised version of their vocal synthesis application. The upgrade makes it much easier to produce intelligible vocal lines. This is achieved with an improved filter model and a new kind of rule-based phoneme sequencer which adapts the phoneme transitions according to the context inside a word. Cantor’s main… Read More Virsyn Updates Cantor Vocal Synthesizer
The Eventide H8000A is an eight-channel processor designed specifically to give operators in live performance environments maximum flexibility with four analog and four digital AES I/O channels. “Our customers who used the H8000 in live settings reveled in its power and performance but needed more analog I/O,” said Ray Maxwell, Eventide vice president of sales… Read More Eventide Introduces Ultra-Harmonizer
Zero-G has released its third Vocaloid Virtual Vocalist, Miriam, powered by Yamaha Singing Synthesis technology. Vocaloid Miriam is a virtual vocalist, modelled on the voice of Miriam Stockley, the voice of the million-selling Adiemus albums. Unlike a real vocalist, though, many aspects of the voice are editable: Changing syllables/phonemes (e.g. enter “liddle” instead of “little”… Read More Zero-G Releases its Third Virtual Vocalist, Miriam
Virsyn has announced that it it now shipping the Cantor voice synthesizer. Cantor is a realtime vocal synthesizer, that lets you enter lyrics in plain English, and then have them sung by playing the melody on a MIDI keyboard. Expression can be added with realtime parameters controlling vibrato rate and depth, or by changing the… Read More Virsyn Cantor Voice Synthesizer Now Shipping
For years, there have been convincing electronic versions of many conventional instruments. The human voice, though, has alway been elusive. Yamaha hopes to change that with Vocaloid, a new technology that lets you write vocal lines and have your computer sing them. The results are surprisingly realistic. Yamaha is working with Zero-G and other companies… Read More Vocaloid: Fake Computer Vocals
