Oh my God... I was in the shower just now, and something really 
incredible came to me.

Remember this?

http://www.last.fm/music/Apache+Indian/_/Boom+Shack-A-Lack

I just heard this song playing in my head, sung by one of those 
previous-generation speech synthesis units. (You know, the ones that 
sound like an American with a blocked noise.) Sheer genius! Had me 
literally laughing my head off in the shower! :-D

Suddenly I have the strong urge to go create this recording! (But I 
don't know where I can get hold of a speech syntesizer - especially one 
where you can control rhythem and pitch precisely where needed.)

Hmm... on the other hand... WTF?

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Orchid XP v7 wrote:

> Suddenly I have the strong urge to go create this recording! (But I 
> don't know where I can get hold of a speech syntesizer - especially one 
> where you can control rhythem and pitch precisely where needed.)

I don't know if this is what you need (I did not listen to the song), 
but it lets you use audio samples as instruments. It's a midi sequencer 
called 'JazzWare'(www.jazzware.com). The site appears to be down, but 
you can find it elsewhere on the 'web.

Sam

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Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> I just heard this song playing in my head, sung by one of those 
> previous-generation speech synthesis units. (You know, the ones that 
> sound like an American with a blocked noise.) 


Do you mean like Dr Sbaitso?  I bet you could get a few samples without 
pitch control and then write a good old fashioned .MOD to get both your 
music and your pitch.

Charles

PS Winamp still plays mods ;-)

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On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 21:12:45 +0100, Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> Suddenly I have the strong urge to go create this recording! (But I 
> don't know where I can get hold of a speech syntesizer - especially one 
> where you can control rhythem and pitch precisely where needed.)

Festival does fine.

For example, a few months ago I created this a-cappella Super Mario Bros.
theme featuring the voice talents of Tomohisa Tachiki and Yoram Meron,
synthesized using the jp1 and jp2 sound sets in mbrola.

http://bisqwit.iki.fi/music/misc/smb1mbrola.mp3

Mbrola: http://tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola.html
Festival: http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/

Another song try, not so good though:
 http://tasvideos.org/forum/p/123654#123654

-- 
Joel Yliluoma - http://bisqwit.iki.fi/
: comprehension = 1 / (2 ^ precision)

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And lo on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 21:12:45 +0100, Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull>  
did spake, saying:

> Oh my God... I was in the shower just now, and something really  
> incredible came to me.
>
> Remember this?
>
> http://www.last.fm/music/Apache+Indian/_/Boom+Shack-A-Lack

Hmm I just read Boom Shack a Lack and thought of Ivanova's sex dance scene  
in B5, and you think you've got problems.

-- 
Phil Cook

--
I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com

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Phil Cook wrote:
> And lo on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 21:12:45 +0100, Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> 
> did spake, saying:
> 
>> Oh my God... I was in the shower just now, and something really 
>> incredible came to me.
>>
>> Remember this?
>>
>> http://www.last.fm/music/Apache+Indian/_/Boom+Shack-A-Lack
> 
> Hmm I just read Boom Shack a Lack and thought of Ivanova's sex dance 
> scene in B5, and you think you've got problems.

Woo hoo!

Sorry; I always liked her character. :)

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And lo on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:14:56 +0100, Bill Pragnell  
<bil### [at] hotmailcom> did spake, saying:

> Phil Cook wrote:
>> And lo on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 21:12:45 +0100, Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull>  
>> did spake, saying:
>>
>>> Oh my God... I was in the shower just now, and something really  
>>> incredible came to me.
>>>
>>> Remember this?
>>>
>>> http://www.last.fm/music/Apache+Indian/_/Boom+Shack-A-Lack
>>  Hmm I just read Boom Shack a Lack and thought of Ivanova's sex dance  
>> scene in B5, and you think you've got problems.
>
> Woo hoo!
>
> Sorry; I always liked her character. :)

"No boom today; boom tomorrow"

-- 
Phil Cook

--
I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com

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"Phil Cook" <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote in message
news:op.t0lg35g4c3xi7v@news.povray.org...
> And lo on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:14:56 +0100, Bill Pragnell
> <bil### [at] hotmailcom> did spake, saying:
>
> > Phil Cook wrote:
> >> And lo on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 21:12:45 +0100, Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull>
> >> did spake, saying:
> >>
> >>> Oh my God... I was in the shower just now, and something really
> >>> incredible came to me.
> >>>
> >>> Remember this?
> >>>
> >>> http://www.last.fm/music/Apache+Indian/_/Boom+Shack-A-Lack
> >>  Hmm I just read Boom Shack a Lack and thought of Ivanova's sex dance
> >> scene in B5, and you think you've got problems.
> >
> > Woo hoo!
> >
> > Sorry; I always liked her character. :)
>
> "No boom today; boom tomorrow"

"There's always a boom tomorrow."

Likewise.

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>>>>  Hmm I just read Boom Shack a Lack and thought of Ivanova's sex dance
>>>> scene in B5, and you think you've got problems.
>>> Woo hoo!
>>>
>>> Sorry; I always liked her character. :)
>> "No boom today; boom tomorrow"
> 
> "There's always a boom tomorrow."
> 
> Likewise.

...

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And lo on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:19:57 +0100, Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull>  
did spake, saying:

>>>>>  Hmm I just read Boom Shack a Lack and thought of Ivanova's sex dance
>>>>> scene in B5, and you think you've got problems.
>>>> Woo hoo!
>>>>
>>>> Sorry; I always liked her character. :)
>>> "No boom today; boom tomorrow"
>>  "There's always a boom tomorrow."
>>  Likewise.
>
> ...

One of the original construction workers on the Babylon project has  
decided he's bad luck, he worked on all the previous stations and they all  
blew up or vanished just after he left; as such he's determined to remain  
on the 5th station Babylon 5. Events make him reassess his life and  
situation and he decides to leave. The top three officers - Sheridan,  
Garibaldi and Ivanova watch his ship leave the station with some  
trepidation.

Garibaldi: "No boom"
Sheridan: "No boom"
Ivanova: "No boom today; boom tomorrow. [looks at the other two] What!  
There's always a boom tomorrow. Boom!"

-- 
Phil Cook

--
I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com

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