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Virtual Singer
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 How to get several lines of lyrics?
Add repeat barlines around the part you need to be repeated
several times. To get more than two lines, double-click the "repeat
end" barline and input the number of times you want this part to be
repeated (so the number of lines).
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You
are also invited to view the following video tutorials:
"Tablatures, Drums, Lyrics > How to insert lyrics on a score,
how to create several lines of lyrics" ("Windows > Tutorials"
menu option in the software) |
How to define a chorus?
When a lyrics cell is empty, Virtual Singer sings the first
non-empty cell above.
So input the chorus only once, on the first line, and let the other
cells empty.
To ensure a cell is empty and does not contain, for example, a
space character, use "Staves>Edit Lyrics" menu option. An empty
cell should appear as "//".
I do not want Virtual Singer to sing one
of the staves, even if it has lyrics. What can I do?
Open the Virtual Singer palette. Shift-click the singer icon and
select "deactivate this singer"
Several sung staves are included in my
document, but only one singer appears in the Virtual Singer
palette. What can I do?
Singer icons are located on stage according to their power and
panning value. If several singers have the same power and panning
value, their icons can mask each other. Move slightly the icon of
the first singer to make the others appear.
If I change settings for a voice linked
to a staff and I want to send the .MUS file to a friend, do I have
to send him something else?
No, because all information about voice settings is stored into the
.MUS file.
And if my friend does not own Virtual
Singer?
Then the staff which is sung on your computer will be played with
the staff standard instrument on his own.
Tell your friend to install Virtual Singer!
I defined a voice, but I do not want
somebody else to edit it. How can I do?
Protect your document for editing (File>Protect menu option)
I defined a voice and I want to send it
to a friend. How can I do?
In the voice editing window, save this voice and send its file
(file with a .PRV extension, located in the "Voices" subfolder of
Virtual Singer) to your friend. He'll have then to copy this file
into his own "Voices" subfolder.
You can send your voice file to us if you want it to be included in
the default voices list.
There is only one staff in my document,
but the Virtual Singer progress bar says three human voices are
computed. Why ?
Because there is probably a three notes chord on this staff. Since
a human being can only sing one note at a time, Virtual Singer
generates three voices singing together. Please note it can
increase drastically the computing time...
When starting music while Virtual Singer
is active, the vertical line showing playing position in my piece
moves in a jerky way. Why ?
When music is playing, several tasks are performed at the same
time.
Each task has a priority level. Here are the most important tasks,
sorted in a decreasing priority order :
• Music playing : it is the building
of digital signal from written notes. It is the most important task
because when stopped, even for a short time, breaks or crackles can
be heard in music. The way this task is processed by the computer
can be set up in Configuration>Digital output configuration.
• Human voices calculation : this is
a complex task, which takes time but can however be processed while
music is playing. This calculation must always have the lead over
music playing because if cough up, human voice becomes jerky.
• Display scrolling score and playing
position vertical line : this is performed only if some time is
remaining, because the most important is to get a nice music
output
This is why, when playing a complex piece, or asking for human
voice calculation while playing music, the playing position
vertical line movement becomes jerky. As soon as the human voice is
completely calculated, the movement becomes smooth again.
You can also notice a red arrow blinks above the singer icon while
his voice calculation is in progress.
Why not to sing also in Swedish, Swahili
or Smurf?
You can not define another language on your own. However, if you
know the pronunciation rules for a particular language,
please do not hesitate to tell us.
The ideal is to get a text file giving for a maximum of
written words in this language, the matching pronunciation in SAMPA
(or other phonetic notation). Above this, we need the list of
phonemes in this language as well as samples of how they are
pronounced.
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