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Yamaha Releases Singing Synthesis Software

Posted by simoniker on from the milli-vanilli-back-in-business dept.

loopdloop writes "The world's first singing synthesis software, Vocaloid, was released by Yamaha this month at the Los Angeles NAMM show. Simply type in the lyrics and notate the vocal expressions to create a completely computer-generated singer. There are also audio demos of the product available." Update: 01/26 21:14 GMT by S : An earlier NYT-authored preview of this software has also been covered on Slashdot.

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  1. All your instruments are belong to us by SparafucileMan · · Score: 0, Troll

    Damn. So much for musicians and instruments. Long live programmers and the computer! Now, if I can only get ahold of a lisp interface to thesel ibraries, I could take over the music industry from my computer and crush the RIAA!! Muwaha.