MOTM

Tom Farrand writes:
>>Is this the VoicePro in action?  I must say that is rather impressive.  How much time was expended in creating that piece?  I am in awe.<<

It's the TC Helicon Quintet.  They claim it uses slightly better algorithms than their older VoicePro.  It does four voices of polyphony, though I used it monophonically.  They can be picked up for $400 or less.  I play it like a vocoder, where I play the melody on the keyboard while talking or singing into a mic.  It does flawless, glitchfree pitchshifting that way, and since I can't sing worth crap, but can play just fine, it works out great.  I originally bought it do to big classical choir type stuff, but it sounds so good even for close up solo voices I threw the demo together to hear it in context.  It only took about 4 hours or so to do the demo.  I just layed down some keyboard parts first, then a drum part by playing the buttons on my R8 in realtime, then put the vocals on last.

JH writes:
>>Impressive and funny at the same time.<<

Sometimes I even amuse myself with stuff like this.  But if you didn't know it was a man and a pitchshifting device, then hopefully it would sound serious instead.

Paul Haneberg writes:
>>Actually, that's as good as many pop singers I've heard lately, but I bet you don't look as good as Brittney in a bathtub, and that is, after all, how we define talent nowdays.<<

I'll just get some model to pose for my album cover but I'll do the singing myself.  That should satisfy the looks over substance problem.

-Elhardt