Yeah, Cantor is all vocal formant synthesis, with no samples at all.
It appears to have a lot of flexibility for going in and giving the
vocal as much (or as little -- think robotic) character as you want.
Again, the video is interesting, the guy steps you through the software
and shows some of the range of possibilities.
http://www.sonicstate.com/news/shownews.cfm?newsid=1464Although in this case what's funny is that the voice seems to have
a German accent ... or after Kraftwerk do all robots sound German?
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> I've heard a number of the vocaloid demos. Initially I was quite
> impressed, and I suppose I still am, but the more I listened to it
> the more it sounded like really overdone Auto-Tune.
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> The Vocaloid software is really sophisticated sample playback
> software. all the components of the vocal parts generated are
> stored as samples. On the other hand, (at least according to what I
> have heard) the Cantor stuff is actually synthesized.
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> Stephen St. Croix (Mix magazine columnist) said that vocaloid
> sounded like a heavy cocaine user who had become recently deaf.
> After laughing my ass off over that comment I'm inclined to agree.
> It's also reportedly difficult and time consuming to use.
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> Having said all that, I'll probably still end up buying the thing.
> It's far cheaper than hiring a bunch of backup singers. Most of my
> clients prefer cheap to authentic. (Unfortunately!) Although I
> occasionally bring in a real horn section, most of the time I use
> samples. I'm sure it will be the same with this.
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