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The Icon Palette helps here and includes attack, vibrato and dynamics presets that can be dragged onto each note. The final, and generally the most time-consuming task, is to add all the necessary expression to the vocal to make it sound as natural as possible. Miriam adds some further options to the Icon Palette. It is at this stage that the additional samples within the Miriam database ought to be an advantage, as less pitch-shifting is likely to be required. The synthesis engine then extracts the required phonemes from the sample database of the selected virtual vocalist and pitch-shifts the fundamental and overtone elements of the sounds to the required note, leaving the formants intact. Once the lyrics are entered, they are automatically transformed into phonetic sounds, which can be displayed below each note and edited manually if required. Each syllable of a word needs to be given a separate note, with syllables being connected via a minus sign (-). In essence, notes to form a melody line are entered into a fairly standard piano-roll editor and, above each note, lyrics can be typed in. This was discussed in detail in the earlier review, so I'll avoid too much of a recap here. On the surface, nothing obvious has changed in the Vocaloid interface. In theory, this ought to result in an improvement in the intelligibility of the singing produced by the synthesis engine. This difference is not explained in the documentation but is probably due to significantly more detailed sampling of each of the phonemes used as the building blocks for pronunciation of lyrics. While the earlier two releases each required around 600MB of hard disk space to store their sample database, once expanded from the installation CD, Miriam requires close on 2.5GB. Miriam has the same copy-protection system as its predecessors, which ties it to the particular Ethernet LAN card installed in your system - if you don't have one, you'll need to spend an extra £20 or so to get one.
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However, the release notes suggest the upgrade does tackle three niggles I'd raised in the earlier review: VST Instrument functionality, the response of the synthesis engine and the Play With Synthesis option have all been improved. As suggested by the version number (1.0.5.12), this is not a major upgrade but it does include some minor tweaks and fixes. Miriam is supplied with the latest version of the Vocaloid engine. As I am unlikely to be in the privileged position of inviting the real Miriam Stockley into my studio, I was keen to see how her virtual counterpart might sound.
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The release also brings some significant price cuts - Lola and Leon now retail at £129.95 rather than £199.95 - and an update to the synthesis engine. Based on the very considerable vocal talents of Miriam Stockley (see the 'Taking Stock' box for some of Miriam's credits), 'virtual' Miriam is now available. While this is not too daunting a prospect for short vocal phrases or harmony backing vocals, trying to create a lead vocal for a full-length track would be a pretty major undertaking.Īt the time of the release of Lola and Leon, Zero-G also announced that a third vocalist, Miriam, was in development. However, the down side is the amount of detailed editing of the various expression controls needed to craft a natural-sounding vocal line. My feelings were a little mixed - Vocaloid is undoubtedly a remarkable technology and, at its best, capable of equally remarkable results. I was lucky enough to review both Vocaloid and the Lola/Leon combination in SOS March 2004 issue. Zero-G were the first company to enter a licensing agreement to use Yamaha's singing synthesis engine, and they released the female Lola and male Leon in time for the January 2004 NAMM show. Yamaha made quite an impact when they announced Vocaloid towards the end of last year.
Vocaloid 3 editor minimized controls help install#
Miriam Stockley is the first well-known singer to undergo the Vocaloid sampling technique, allowing anyone with a PC to install her as a virtual instrument.
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