Synthesized singing voice waveform generator
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsYao Qian, Frank Soong
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Abstract
Various technologies for generating a synthesized singing voice waveform. In one implementation, the computer program may receive a request from a user to create a synthesized singing voice using the lyrics of a song and a digital file containing its melody as inputs. The computer program may then dissect the lyrics' text and its melody file into its corresponding sub-phonemic units and musical score respectively. The musical score may be further dissected into a sequence of musical notes and duration times for each musical note. The computer program may then determine a fundamental frequency (F0), or pitch, of each musical note.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- adapting, according to second models of a voice and a corresponding transcript of a second person, first models that are based on a voice and a corresponding transcript of a first person;
- and
- synthesizing, by a computer, a voice based on the adapted first models, and based on a sequence of contextual parametric models of lyrics, and based on a sequence of notes and their duration times from a digital melody.
At least one computer storage media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method comprising:
- adapting, according to second models of a voice and a corresponding transcript of a second person, first models that are based on a voice and a corresponding transcript of a first person;
- and
- synthesizing a voice based on the adapted first models, and based on a sequence of contextual parametric models of lyrics, and based on a sequence of notes and their duration times from a digital melody.
A system comprising:
- a computer;
- an adaptation module implemented at least in part by the computer and configured for adapting, according to second models of a voice and a corresponding transcript of a second person, first models that are based on a voice and a corresponding transcript of a first person;
- and
- synthesizing a voice based on the adapted first models, and based on a sequence of contextual parametric models of lyrics, and based on a sequence of notes and their duration times from a digital melody.
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