Vocaloid (ボーカロイド, Bōkaroido) is a singing voice synthesizer software product. Its signal processing part was developed through a joint research project between Yamaha Corporation and the Music Technology Group at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona. The software was ultimately developed into the commercial product "Vocaloid" that was released in 2004.
The software enables users to synthesize "singing" by typing in lyrics and melody and also "speech" by typing in the script of the required words. It uses synthesizing technology with specially recorded vocals of voice actors or singers. To create a song, the user must input the melody and lyrics. A piano roll type interface is used to input the melody and the lyrics can be entered on each note. The software can change the stress of the pronun...
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Excitation plus Resonances (EpR) voice model
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G clef; one of Musical score components
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Spectral Peak Processing (SPP) sample transformation
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An example of piano roll display, used on a musical sequencer supporting a synthesizer which can syn...
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Scheme how vocaloid creates transistions between vocals.
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Vocaloid + HRP-4C Miim collaboration, Yamaha booth, CEATEC JAPAN 2009
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Vocaloid Synthesis Engine
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Vocaloid System
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Logo of Vocaloid software
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