Be careful when you say stuff like that because I actually started a thread a couple of months ago saying exactly this. I was almost lynched.GearNostalgia wrote:Well, the technology is not quite there yet, but I don't think we are far away from it. I hope it happens soon. We have digital simulations of Moog synths, Abbey Road plate reverbs and a lot of other great gear that very few of us would have a chance to play with some years ago. The advantages of getting really good voice technology could get us even further than real singers. Imagine beeing able to revive digital voices from the past like Elvis, George Michael, Jenny Lind or Edith Piaf and have it at your disposal to sing any tune in any style you like? Wouldn't that be cool? Listening to Google Duplex makes me think it might not be so far away.baggagelizard wrote:The original use for vocaloid in 2003 when it launched was to be used for temp tracks and experimental work and the like.
The things vocaloid has going for it is having a selection of virtual singers with different attributes and tones that vary from your own voice, the temp track options, and use as backup singers. If you combine a real voice with vocaloid the real voice will hide a lot of the flaws of the synthetic voices. Also don't need to bother with recording.
Don't think we're trying to replace a human singer, despite the thread title. There is a market both for the production and consumption of Vocaloid content, and that market is growing.
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