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AssigneeYamaha Corporation
InventorHideki Kemmochi
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Voice synthesis unit data stored in a phoneme database 10 is selected by a voice synthesis unit selector 12 in accordance with MIDI information stored in a performance data storage unit 11. Characteristic parameters are derived from the selected voice synthesis unit data. A characteristic parameter correction unit 21 corrects the characteristic parameters based on pitch information, etc. A spectrum envelope generating unit 23 generates a spectrum envelope in accordance with the corrected characteristic parameter. A timbre transformation unit 25 changes timbre by correcting the characteristic parameters in accordance with timbre transformation parameters in a time axis. Timbres in the same song position can be transformed into different arbitrary timbres respectively; therefore, the synthesized singing voice will be rich in variety and reality.
A singing voice synthesizing apparatus, comprising:
A singing voice synthesizing method, comprising the steps of:
A singing voice synthesizing program which a computer can execute, the program comprising the instructions of:
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