Bot-controlled piano emulating spoken voice (2009) [video]
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Re: Bot-controlled piano emulating spoken voice (2009) [video]
#2It's like with those "Play X backwards to hear the Devil" type videos. You understand it perfectly with subtitles, but close your eyes and it's gibberish.
Re: Bot-controlled piano emulating spoken voice (2009) [video]
#3It's like with those "Play X backwards to hear the Devil" type videos. You understand it perfectly with subtitles, but close your eyes and it's gibberish.
( Strangely enough, that's also how I 'hear' most politicians.... )
Re: Bot-controlled piano emulating spoken voice (2009) [video]
#4Very interesting !
I guess it's possible to use a MIDI synthesizer instead of the physical piano to achieve the same result ?
All that's needed is the conversion from the voice spectrum to notes/chords...
The added advantage is that it would be possible to use the pitch wheel to achieve intermediate notes for higher fidelity..
The output can then be processed again and it's pitch changed and so we can create music from synthesized speech. Does this make any sense :) ?
Re: Bot-controlled piano emulating spoken voice (2009) [video]
#5Very interesting ! I guess it's possible to use a MIDI synthesizer instead of the physical piano to achieve the same result ? All that's needed is the conversion from the voice spectrum to notes/chords... The added advantage is that it would be possible to use the pitch wheel to achieve intermediate notes for higher fidelity.. The output can then be processed again and it's pitch changed and so we can create music fr…
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Re: Bot-controlled piano emulating spoken voice (2009) [video]
#6The possibilities are intriguing!
This reminded me of the speech synthesis using pipes which William Gibson described in Neuromancer, I think.
I'd like to see this tried with a church organ. Or a set of flutes.
Re: Bot-controlled piano emulating spoken voice (2009) [video]
#7Very interesting ! I guess it's possible to use a MIDI synthesizer instead of the physical piano to achieve the same result ? All that's needed is the conversion from the voice spectrum to notes/chords... The added advantage is that it would be possible to use the pitch wheel to achieve intermediate notes for higher fidelity.. The output can then be processed again and it's pitch changed and so we can create music fr…
It's just quantization at that point.. Aka pixie sound filter (also known as bit breaker.)
Re: Bot-controlled piano emulating spoken voice (2009) [video]
#8It's like with those "Play X backwards to hear the Devil" type videos. You understand it perfectly with subtitles, but close your eyes and it's gibberish.
I remember when this first came out there was some discussion (possibly here on HN?) that even the sound in the video was post-processed by overlaying some of the original voice. Although I can't seem to find it now, there's a recording of the piano without this editing, and it's far less comprehensible. In other words, they're cheating a little.
Re: Bot-controlled piano emulating spoken voice (2009) [video]
#9See also this version of "All I want for Christmas is you" converted to MIDI.
It's a really great illusion I think.
Re: Bot-controlled piano emulating spoken voice (2009) [video]
#10Very interesting ! I guess it's possible to use a MIDI synthesizer instead of the physical piano to achieve the same result ? All that's needed is the conversion from the voice spectrum to notes/chords... The added advantage is that it would be possible to use the pitch wheel to achieve intermediate notes for higher fidelity.. The output can then be processed again and it's pitch changed and so we can create music fr…