From marlon.m.schumacher at gmail.com Wed Jun 11 16:36:20 2014 From: marlon.m.schumacher at gmail.com (Schumacher Marlon) Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:36:20 -0400 Subject: [microsound] Speech/Diphone databases Message-ID: <6A0FFB2A-6C7A-48ED-9536-4903311F3117@gmail.com> Hi there, I'd like to fiddle a bit with speech sounds and was wondering if anyone of this list would have links/know of freely available databases of speech sounds or diphones. Any hints welcome :) Cheers, Marlon From marlon.m.schumacher at gmail.com Wed Jun 11 19:14:45 2014 From: marlon.m.schumacher at gmail.com (Schumacher Marlon) Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 19:14:45 -0400 Subject: [microsound] Fwd: Speech/Diphone databases References: <6A0FFB2A-6C7A-48ED-9536-4903311F3117@gmail.com> Message-ID: follow up - a collection IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) sounds would be neat. best, Marlon Begin forwarded message: > From: Schumacher Marlon > Subject: Speech/Diphone databases > Date: 11 June, 2014 at 16:36:20 GMT-4 > To: microsound at or8.net > > Hi there, > > I'd like to fiddle a bit with speech sounds and was wondering if anyone of this list would have links/know of freely available databases of speech sounds or diphones. > > Any hints welcome :) > > Cheers, > Marlon From dara1339 at hotmail.com Wed Jun 11 19:18:09 2014 From: dara1339 at hotmail.com (Dara Shayda) Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 00:18:09 +0100 Subject: [microsound] Moth Antenna Message-ID: https://soundcloud.com/dara-o-shayda/moth-antenna From dara1339 at hotmail.com Wed Jun 11 19:18:42 2014 From: dara1339 at hotmail.com (Dara Shayda) Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 00:18:42 +0100 Subject: [microsound] Moth Antenna Message-ID: https://soundcloud.com/dara-o-shayda/moth-antenna From i.m.klif at gmail.com Wed Jun 11 20:40:33 2014 From: i.m.klif at gmail.com (Ivan Marusic) Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 02:40:33 +0200 Subject: [microsound] Speech/Diphone databases In-Reply-To: <6A0FFB2A-6C7A-48ED-9536-4903311F3117@gmail.com> References: <6A0FFB2A-6C7A-48ED-9536-4903311F3117@gmail.com> Message-ID: <50B50FC5-4252-4586-B7DD-708A5D00E73B@gmail.com> This is not exactly what you need but you might want to check it out. Its free and multiplatform. It does some serious speech synthesis. However it is scientific program with steep learning curve. I experimented with it years ago and results were very interesting. http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/ On 11. 6. 2014., at 22:36, Schumacher Marlon wrote: > Hi there, > > I'd like to fiddle a bit with speech sounds and was wondering if anyone of this list would have links/know of freely available databases of speech sounds or diphones. > > Any hints welcome :) > > Cheers, > Marlon > _______________________________________________ > microsound mailing list > microsound at microsound.org > http://or8.net/mailman/listinfo/microsound -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From i.m.klif at gmail.com Wed Jun 11 20:40:33 2014 From: i.m.klif at gmail.com (Ivan Marusic) Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 02:40:33 +0200 Subject: [microsound] Speech/Diphone databases In-Reply-To: <6A0FFB2A-6C7A-48ED-9536-4903311F3117@gmail.com> References: <6A0FFB2A-6C7A-48ED-9536-4903311F3117@gmail.com> Message-ID: <50B50FC5-4252-4586-B7DD-708A5D00E73B@gmail.com> This is not exactly what you need but you might want to check it out. Its free and multiplatform. It does some serious speech synthesis. However it is scientific program with steep learning curve. I experimented with it years ago and results were very interesting. http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/ On 11. 6. 2014., at 22:36, Schumacher Marlon wrote: > Hi there, > > I'd like to fiddle a bit with speech sounds and was wondering if anyone of this list would have links/know of freely available databases of speech sounds or diphones. > > Any hints welcome :) > > Cheers, > Marlon > _______________________________________________ > microsound mailing list > microsound at microsound.org > http://or8.net/mailman/listinfo/microsound -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From joe at joelasqo.com Wed Jun 11 22:40:40 2014 From: joe at joelasqo.com (Joe Lasqo) Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 19:40:40 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [microsound] Speech/Diphone databases In-Reply-To: <50B50FC5-4252-4586-B7DD-708A5D00E73B@gmail.com> References: <6A0FFB2A-6C7A-48ED-9536-4903311F3117@gmail.com> <50B50FC5-4252-4586-B7DD-708A5D00E73B@gmail.com> Message-ID: <1402540840.12016.YahooMailNeo@web140906.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Marlon - I'm not sure if this is useful for what you're doing, but you might want to check out the MBROLA project: (link) If you're a Max/MSP user, its subproject MaxMBROLA may also be of interest to you: link. Bonne chance! Joe Lasqo joe at joelasqo.com http://www.joelasqo.com/ Show calendar & news:?http://www.joelasqo.com/blog/ Weekly: Viracocha, 21st & Valencia, San Francisco, 3-6pm, Wednesdays? Next Up: MSP/Piano ??UPRIGHT?w Sarah Cahill, Luciano Chessa, and Pamela Z?(Room Series 2014/? 3, Royce Gallery, San Francisco), Thu 10 Jul ________________________________ From: Ivan Marusic To: "microsound at microsound.org" Cc: "microsound at or8.net" Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 5:40 PM Subject: Re: [microsound] Speech/Diphone databases This is not exactly what you need but you might want to check it out. Its free and multiplatform. It does some serious speech synthesis. However it is scientific program with steep learning curve. I experimented with it years ago and results were very interesting.? http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/ On 11. 6. 2014., at 22:36, Schumacher Marlon wrote: Hi there, > >I'd like to fiddle a bit with speech sounds and was wondering if anyone of this list would have links/know of freely available databases of speech sounds or diphones. > >Any hints welcome :) > >Cheers, >Marlon >_______________________________________________ >microsound mailing list >microsound at microsound.org >http://or8.net/mailman/listinfo/microsound > _______________________________________________ microsound mailing list microsound at microsound.org http://or8.net/mailman/listinfo/microsound -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From joe at joelasqo.com Wed Jun 11 22:40:40 2014 From: joe at joelasqo.com (Joe Lasqo) Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 19:40:40 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [microsound] Speech/Diphone databases In-Reply-To: <50B50FC5-4252-4586-B7DD-708A5D00E73B@gmail.com> References: <6A0FFB2A-6C7A-48ED-9536-4903311F3117@gmail.com> <50B50FC5-4252-4586-B7DD-708A5D00E73B@gmail.com> Message-ID: <1402540840.12016.YahooMailNeo@web140906.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Marlon - I'm not sure if this is useful for what you're doing, but you might want to check out the MBROLA project: (link) If you're a Max/MSP user, its subproject MaxMBROLA may also be of interest to you: link. Bonne chance! Joe Lasqo joe at joelasqo.com http://www.joelasqo.com/ Show calendar & news:?http://www.joelasqo.com/blog/ Weekly: Viracocha, 21st & Valencia, San Francisco, 3-6pm, Wednesdays? Next Up: MSP/Piano ??UPRIGHT?w Sarah Cahill, Luciano Chessa, and Pamela Z?(Room Series 2014/? 3, Royce Gallery, San Francisco), Thu 10 Jul ________________________________ From: Ivan Marusic To: "microsound at microsound.org" Cc: "microsound at or8.net" Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 5:40 PM Subject: Re: [microsound] Speech/Diphone databases This is not exactly what you need but you might want to check it out. Its free and multiplatform. It does some serious speech synthesis. However it is scientific program with steep learning curve. I experimented with it years ago and results were very interesting.? http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/ On 11. 6. 2014., at 22:36, Schumacher Marlon wrote: Hi there, > >I'd like to fiddle a bit with speech sounds and was wondering if anyone of this list would have links/know of freely available databases of speech sounds or diphones. > >Any hints welcome :) > >Cheers, >Marlon >_______________________________________________ >microsound mailing list >microsound at microsound.org >http://or8.net/mailman/listinfo/microsound > _______________________________________________ microsound mailing list microsound at microsound.org http://or8.net/mailman/listinfo/microsound -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lorenzofsutton at gmail.com Thu Jun 12 03:56:06 2014 From: lorenzofsutton at gmail.com (Lorenzo Sutton) Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 09:56:06 +0200 Subject: [microsound] Speech/Diphone databases In-Reply-To: <6A0FFB2A-6C7A-48ED-9536-4903311F3117@gmail.com> References: <6A0FFB2A-6C7A-48ED-9536-4903311F3117@gmail.com> Message-ID: <53995D16.2030508@gmail.com> On 11/06/2014 22:36, Schumacher Marlon wrote: > Hi there, > > I'd like to fiddle a bit with speech sounds and was wondering if anyone of this list would have links/know of freely available databases of speech sounds or diphones. > > Any hints welcome :) Hi you could check the MBROLA project. Lorenzo. From dara1339 at hotmail.com Thu Jun 12 07:24:21 2014 From: dara1339 at hotmail.com (Dara Shayda) Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 12:24:21 +0100 Subject: [microsound] some stuff from before Message-ID: For some reason the posts to the list were bouncing for a while, so I hope you enjoy these: https://soundcloud.com/dara-o-shayda/nunation-endorheic-lake-fitri https://soundcloud.com/dara-o-shayda/nabro-sulfuric-moans https://soundcloud.com/dara-o-shayda/dentate-distant-journey https://soundcloud.com/dara-o-shayda/darwishan-dentate-gyrus-dance https://soundcloud.com/dara-o-shayda/fluorescent-stained-dentate Dara -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dara1339 at hotmail.com Thu Jun 12 23:13:54 2014 From: dara1339 at hotmail.com (Dara Shayda) Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 04:13:54 +0100 Subject: [microsound] For Hu Darwishaan Sigh Message-ID: https://soundcloud.com/dara-o-shayda/moth-antenna-darwishaan-sigh From thinksamuel at yahoo.com Fri Jun 13 10:33:44 2014 From: thinksamuel at yahoo.com (Samuel Van Ransbeeck) Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 15:33:44 +0100 Subject: [microsound] I need two papers from tandfonline Message-ID: <8AE7B5FD-E42D-4BC5-92B5-EF2718F60203@yahoo.com> Hello My university apparently does not have a subscruption to tandfonline. I was wondering if a kind soul would be able to download these two pares and send them to me. The papers are: structure as context by Thomas deLio http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09298218808570514 and Contrecoup ? Nonlinearity and computer aided composition http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09298219108570586 Thank you! Samuel Van Ransbeeck From dara1339 at hotmail.com Sun Jun 15 08:20:04 2014 From: dara1339 at hotmail.com (Dara Shayda) Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 13:20:04 +0100 Subject: [microsound] Karl Hauser: Flogging The Doll Message-ID: https://soundcloud.com/dara-o-shayda/karl-hauser-flogging-the-doll Source: hauspains.blogspot.ie/ I like the works of Karl Hauser, his unique pencil drawings, renditions of robotic mutations epitomizing odd body-part matched mutants, for me epitomizing our withered individuation, much like the old buildings and weathered broken statues regaining their individual charm and uniqueness through erosion! For the first sonification used: Flogging The Doll Image: hauspains.blogspot.ie/2008/09/flogginf-doll.html , 2008 Karl Hauser The pencil drawing was colour negated into white lines and black background to sonify only the penciled lines. The outlines of the walls were kept, and these walls are the first sounds heard in the tune and continue to be the last sounds. The entire drama occurs in a room, as all other drama they need a constricted space to give enough constraint to build the momentum to tumult the drama. In order to render the impact sounds, 1 attack was applied to the image in MetaSynth's Image Room. This attack causes the repeated TWANGs in the tune, as though something is banged and thumped. BASS CLICKS were used as the multi-sampler to get the proper effects in both low and high pitches. In order to accentuate the TWANGs even further, Logic Pro's Edgy filter was used from the factory settings for the master track. In order to have this flogging drama, the most important ingredient along side the room, is the flogger who has to be exclusively human, animals do not do such things. To render the humanity of the penciled lines MetaSynth's unique chorus multi-sampler ALL AEIO CYCLE was used to compose the second track. Both tracks played simultaneously, produce a strong pattern of TWANGs and human chorus in unison to render the systemic nature of the drama. MetSynth Configuration { x=512, y=512 1-attack applied to colour negated image Tempo=4 MultiSampler= Bass Clicks, ALL AEIO cycle E-2 Stereo Scale=Harmonic Repeated 8 dt 96 } -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marlon.m.schumacher at gmail.com Sun Jun 15 18:50:21 2014 From: marlon.m.schumacher at gmail.com (Schumacher Marlon) Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 18:50:21 -0400 Subject: [microsound] Speech/Diphone databases In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <140F8124-1C09-4954-8BD0-D618FA006877@gmail.com> Hey, Thanks everyone for the hints and resources (some of them I was familiar with). Actually, I was more looking for audio files (recordings) of human speech, rather than synthesis. But I might look into writing a script that will produce this (once I can specify more precisely what I need). Cheers, Marlon On Jun 11, 2014, at 22:40 , microsound-request at or8.net wrote: > Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 02:40:33 +0200 > From: Ivan Marusic > To: "microsound at microsound.org" > Cc: "microsound at or8.net" > Subject: Re: [microsound] Speech/Diphone databases > Message-ID: <50B50FC5-4252-4586-B7DD-708A5D00E73B at gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > This is not exactly what you need but you might want to check it out. Its free and multiplatform. It does some serious speech synthesis. However it is scientific program with steep learning curve. 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