[comp.music] voice synthesizers available

jansen@archone.tamu.edu (Mark Jansen) (02/21/91)

I was wondering about integrating human voice into computer music
performance.  What voice synthesizers that can sing are available.
Meaning first if there are any ftp sites voice synthesizers and
secondly any hardware systems to add to a PC of workstation.  I
remember a few years back a nice unit for DEC called DECTALK.  Is that
still availiable?  Or is there better.  

Thanks

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ken@opusc.csd.scarolina.edu (Ken Sallenger) (02/22/91)

In article <12380@helios.TAMU.EDU> jansen@archone.tamu.edu (Mark Jansen) writes:
=> I was wondering about integrating human voice into computer music

I, too.  I've thought about using a vocoder "manually" to modify
synthesizer voices for choral music.

=> ...remember a few years back a nice unit for DEC called DECTALK.

I don't know if they can still be found.  But in last year's music
issue of Computing Systems (I think it was Vol 3 #2), weren't the
voices of "Eddie and Eedie" generated by DECTALK box(es)?
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