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is it possible to make a vocal vst?

Posted: Sun May 15, 2016 6:34 pm
by djbrynte
i mean like real vocal shots. some kind of lead vocals. can u do this somehow with waveforms or something?

Re: is it possible to make a vocal vst?

Posted: Sun May 15, 2016 7:03 pm
by martinvicanek
You can synthethise sounds that resemble "oohs" and "aahs" sung by a background choir. For lead vocals you would need samples of entire phrases. However if you repeat them it would be annoying. Our ears are so well trained to the human voice it is impossible to even get close.
Edit: You could try a vocoder.

Re: is it possible to make a vocal vst?

Posted: Sun May 15, 2016 7:05 pm
by djbrynte
ah ok good to know.

Re: is it possible to make a vocal vst?

Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 11:08 am
by Spogg
Yes it's possible but very tricky!

Search for Vocaloid or start with

http://www.yamaha.com/about_yamaha/research/vocaloid/

It would make a truly remarkable Flowstone project, a real showcase, but I wouldn't know where to begin.

I agree with Martin that a vocoder is the easier option and in this way you can make spoken words sing at the pitch you play.

Cheers

Spogg

Re: is it possible to make a vocal vst?

Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 12:30 pm
by tulamide
You can also look for a talented singer, record all kinds of phrases and build a sample library of vowels and consonants. Like Realivox did for Kontakt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaVe4LiC0LU

Re: is it possible to make a vocal vst?

Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 1:14 pm
by Spogg
tulamide wrote:You can also look for a talented singer, record all kinds of phrases and build a sample library of vowels and consonants. Like Realivox did for Kontakt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaVe4LiC0LU


That's really cool but it strikes me they didn't record and make available enough sounds, so they have more building at a lower level to do. Good though, and I wonder if it can generate random non-words for Jazz scatting...

Cheers

Spogg

Re: is it possible to make a vocal vst?

Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 1:31 pm
by djbrynte
i think it use samples.

Re: is it possible to make a vocal vst?

Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 1:42 pm
by tulamide
Spogg wrote:Good though, and I wonder if it can generate random non-words for Jazz scatting...

Yes, you just click together vowels and consonants, not words. So everything is possible.
If words are not so important they even have better fitting libraries:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WcWFpUbVxo#t=226

Here's an example of an opera singer scatting to jazz (a bit into the video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA16RteaOvY

Spogg, you'll love 2:05 and following xD

Re: is it possible to make a vocal vst?

Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 1:55 pm
by djbrynte
2:05 lol

yes u need a singer. :D