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From: smoliar@isi.edu (Stephen Smoliar)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: Singing
Message-ID: <17642@venera.isi.edu>
Date: 19 Apr 91 15:51:04 GMT
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Reply-To: smoliar@venera.isi.edu (Stephen Smoliar)
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In article <41433@cup.portal.com> Alvin@cup.portal.com (Alvin Henry White)
writes:
>
>Not all the supercomputers on Earth so far, jointly or severally, have been
>
>able to sing so much as "Mary Had A Little Lamb".

One of the earliest experiments in sound synthesis at Bell Labs involved a
computer singing "A Bicycle Built for Two."  (Remember the HOMAGE to this
in 2001?)  At a more substantial level, IRCAM has one that sings "Der Hoelle
Rache."
>
>I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony.
>  


If you want perfect harmony, you should first learn to stop shooting from the
hip!
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