Hello, Recently I was searching the net for UTAU and found this page [1]. I'm currently working on a new backend for the eSpeak synthesizer that produces more natural sound. It is based on the WORLD speech tookit[1] which is free software under the BSD license. I also found an interesting paper about UTAU and WORLD at [3]. I think any free software singing synthesizer that is better than eCantorix[4] should be implemented on top of WORLD (and maybe eSpeak for phonetic transscription). vConnect-STAND[5] (released under the GPL) also produces quite natural sound while eCantorix sounds more like a robot[6].
Tobias Platen [1] http://musescore.org/en/developers-handbook/google-summer-code/ideas-2014 [2] http://ml.cs.yamanashi.ac.jp/world/english/ [3] http://iwk.mdw.ac.at/lit_db_iwk/download.php?id=18114 [4] https://github.com/divVerent/ecantorix [5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2knG_MfOis [6] https://github.com/divVerent/ecantorix/wiki/Songs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349351&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Mscore-developer mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mscore-developer
