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Application and Technology of Voice Synthesis Engine for Music Production  

Park, Byung-Kyu (경기대학교 전자디지털음악학과)
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Journal of Digital Contents Society / v.11, no.2, 2010 , pp. 235-242 More about this Journal
Abstract
Differently from instruments which synthesized sounds and tones in the past, voice synthesis engine for music production has reached to the level of creating music as if actual artists were singing. It uses the samples of human voices naturally connected to the different levels of phoneme within the frequency range. Voice synthesis engine is not simply limited to the music production but it is changing cultural paradigm through the second creations of new music type including character music concerts, media productions, albums, and mobile services. Currently, voice synthesis engine technology makes it possible that users input pitch, lyrics, and musical expression parameters through the score editor and they mix and connect voice samples brought from the database to sing. New music types derived from such a development of computer music has sparked a big impact culturally. Accordingly, this paper attempts to examine the specific case studies and the synthesis technologies for users to understand the voice synthesis engine more easily, and it will contribute to their variety of music production.
Keywords
Voice synthesis engine; Music production; Digital sound;
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