i saw Nobukazu Takemura open up for Tortoise when they came around last and
he did this extended computer voice singing thing that was very melodic and
tight. I heard a new track (Sign?) that sounded similar but didn't take it
as far as the live show had.
i really like DMX's GlassRoom and also Cyclob's track on the
BrainDanceCoincidence...
nat.
quoted 79 lines From: Aaron D Meyers <adm226@nyu.edu>
>From: Aaron D Meyers <adm226@nyu.edu>
>To: John Counts <polycyclicism@yahoo.com>, idm@hyperreal.org
>Subject: Re: [idm] Computer Singing (was Cylob- Cut The Midrange, Drop The
>Bass)
>Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 02:10:31 -0500
>
>Yea. I think it just has to be laborious and futile. I'm pretty sure
>its done by pitch shifting in a wave editing program. Perhaps if you
>were savvy at such things you could write some program that would let
>you use midi to control the pitch shifting, thus letting you use a
>sequencer for the melodies. However, I'd guess its done manually
>judging by the precision I hear in that song.
>
>Moving on from the technical crap, I want to say that I think the new
>Cylob single is fucking hilarious. And I love the cover of "What Shall
>We Do With A Drunken Sailor?". Like... I know I'm getting really nerdy
>here, but I like the fact that Cylob doesn't phonetically spell
>out "early" resulting in macspeak fred earnestly mispronouncing the
>word! Yes. I am a dork.
>
>But since we're dorking it up together, can we have a favorite songs
>with computer vocals thread? There is a special place in my heart for
>songs with computer singing. So I'll go first. Oh... and vocoded
>vocals don't count.
>
>Hrvatski's track on the Kid 606 & Friends comp. Vatstep Catstep
>something or other. Its the first song. You know what I'm talking
>about. And it probably has the most laboriously programmed computer
>vocals I've ever heard.
>
>Add N to X - Hit for Cheese
>A veritable potpouri of the macintosh voices talking about sniffing
>your glue and catching your disease? Try and say no.
>
>someone else's turn!
>
>-Aaron
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: John Counts <polycyclicism@yahoo.com>
>Date: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 0:54 am
>Subject: [idm] Cylob- Cut The Midrange, Drop The Bass
>
> > Just listening to Cylob's ace new track. Hearing the
> > speech emulator has kicked a nostalgia for all the
> > early 90s hardcore for me (Wishdokta, Zero B, Utah
> > Saints, etc.)- especially, "I'll take your brain to
> > another dimension." Just sick! I have a quetsion
> > though. It seems pretty clear that he is using the Mac
> > voices from SimpleText but how are the melodies being
> > made? I know that you can alter factors like word rate
> > and pitch but Chris is using it to play chords and
> > melodies synched to the tempo. Does anybody have any
> > technical suggestions as to how this is going on? It
> > seems as though he is treating it like a vocoder. Any
> > thoughts on this would be welcomed because, when I use
> > computer vocals on tracks, it is so laborious as to be
> > futile.
> > John
> >
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