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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=1464

Although 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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