MIDIbox Speech Synth

http://discourse.midibox.org/t/topic/15374

After more experiments with the espeak code I came to following result:

http://www.ucapps.de/mp3/misc/speech_demo2.mp3

(Reverb has been added with an external Fx)

Basically a list of phonemes is played, all parameters can be configured via CC.

A quick&dirty configuration logic panel in Logic:

This opens a new field for experiments! :slight_smile:

Best Regards, Thorsten.

Wow, that does sound intriguing! Nice work, TK!! Interested to see where this leads.

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Sounds nice! Def. usable in some dark tracks :slight_smile:

Wow that sounded awesome, although it just about scared the shit out of me :slight_smile:

Current status :slight_smile:

The control surface allows me to test parameter changes quickly w/o the usage of a CC panel in Logic (resp. a mouse) - good results are found much faster.

Phonemes and patches can be stored on SD Card now.

Note that this synth is still in experimental stage. Once I started to hack the speech engine (I already added bugfixes), the CS (more knobs for realtime editing!) but also the audible results (playing the formant synth directly!) could be much different :wink:

Best Regards, Thorsten.

That’s great, generates some ideas immediately :-)…

Looking forward to hearing some more audio examples!

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Looking forward to hearing some more audio examples!

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+1!

Super creepy sounds!

Hi Thorsten,

do you happen to have a circuit-diagram or vero/matrixboard layout diagram for the I2S board?

Just bought a couple of TDA1543s on eBay. Interested to know if your I2S board uses this DAC chip.

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Also, do you have diagrams for the control-surface above :slight_smile:

I’m sure I’ve seen discussion of a ‘standard control-surface’ here, but I can’t seem to find it now…

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I’m sure I’ve seen discussion of a ‘standard control-surface’ here, but I can’t seem to find it now…

http://discourse.midibox.org/t/topic/15550

Thanks ilmenator. I did a search for forum ‘standard control surface’, and it didn’t come back with anything…

Odd.

Anyway, cheers!

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