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From: ogata@leviathan.cs.umd.edu (Jefferson Ogata)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: voice synthesizer
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Date: 24 Apr 91 10:25:53 GMT
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In article <1991Apr18.230956.20033@vicorp.com> ron@vicorp.com (Ron Peterson) writes:
|> In article <71181@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> v092pxca@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu writes:
|> >Does anyone know if anyone is working on building a voice synthesizer?  This
|> 
|> In the cyberpunk novel "Little Hereos" a device called a VoxBox is used
|> to create the lead and backing vocals for synthetically created music.
|> It is described as requiring a real human voice as input which is then
|> modified to give it zing.  Perhaps there is work of this nature going
|> on somewhere.  I know that Laurie Anderson has a device that she uses
|> to make her voice sound male.  Anyone know the details of how it works?

I believe that this is just a pitch transposer coupled with a slightly
modified vocal inflection. I know that I've gotten similar effects
messing with pitch transposers, although my voice *already* sounds
male, so...

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Jefferson Ogata                 ogata@cs.umd.edu
University of Maryland          Department of Computer Science
   "Sure. Understanding today's complex world of the future *is*
          a little like having bees live in your head."