Virtual Singer
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Introduction
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Virtual Singer is an additional module
for
Melody Assistant
or Harmony Assistant.
Virtual Singer will make your computer sing:
it will generate
human voices for staves with lyrics.
Virtual Singer can be configured according to
your
needs, by modifying
timbre,
intonation, and
kind
of voice (man, woman, tenor, soprano,
etc.). Furthermore,
several different voices, in different
languages,
will be able to sing at the same time.
Virtual Singer can also sing "La-La-La", follow
the shaped-notes nomenclature (solmization), sing
the note names, or
even
automatically generate Jazz Scat.
The current version of Virtual Singer includes
the following languages: Northern French, Southern
French, UK English,
US English,
Latin, Spanish, Italian, Finnish, German, Occitan
and Japanese.
Future versions will add to this list.
Installation
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You can find the latest Virtual Singer version
for free
download on
our web site: www.myriad-online.com.
When Virtual Singer is installed, you should get
a
subfolder called
"VirtualSinger" within the Melody or Harmony
folder.
In the "Myriad Documents/VirtualSinger"
subfolder,
you'll find a "Demos" folder, which
contains sample tunes using Virtual Singer.
You can also use all the demo files provided with
Melody or Harmony.
Uninstall
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Drag its folder onto the trashcan to uninstall
it.
Configuration
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Good system settings will improve the Virtual
Singer speed and voice quality. Virtual Singer uses
digital
audio tracks to generate human voices. The
settings belows are thus
also valid for using any other form of digital audio
track.
For example:
1) Digital output settings
"Configuration" menu,
"Digital output configuration" option: 44kHz,
16 bits, stereo, quality,
effect processors enabled, 64 voices,
"Standard" mode selected.
2) Digital track settings
"Configuration" menu, "Global setup" option,
"Digital" tab: transfer buffer size 1024Kb,
Create temporary files in
standard
folder, Use temporary memory.
3) Virtual Singer Setup
"Windows" menu, "Virtual Singer" option:
Computing
mode slider is set to 50%.
License
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Virtual Singer is an add-on for Melody or Harmony
Assistant. If you
are not interested in using it, drag its folder
onto the trashcan to
uninstall
it.
During evaluation of the add-on, each time the
application is launched, you will only be able to
process a certain
number of sung parts. When this number is
reached, Virtual Singer
becomes "voiceless".
You can then either purchase a license for Virtual
Singer (Order
submenu)
or quit Melody/Harmony and run it again to
continue to try Virtual
Singer.
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