Votox help thread

[Christian Marcussen]

Well.. I might as well start. Let me say that this word building stuff is very addictive, and should prove a very impressive tool.

I'm having trouble getting the sound of this type of A

"Anne"
"Annoying"
"Ancestor" etc...
"thANks
"tAnks

Any ideas? :)

ps: Nick and Doug... this is some serious stuff you have brought upon us. Kudos :)

[Christian Marcussen]

Ok... seems "e" is what I have found comes closest. Anyone up for making it sing Ancestor? How would that be done? I figure thats a relativly hard one

[nlamartina]

You could do this a couple of different ways, depending on what technique you wanted to use. To do it with long, dark vowels (classical voice), type this in your Votox section:

an-Se-SToOr

With classical voice, the spread A-Votox (as in "apple") doesn't sound like an "a" in the audience at all. Well, it sounds like something, but nothing good. :) Elongating to an "aw" (a-Votox, like "o" in "on") sounds much nicer.

Alternatively, you could stick a small bit of A-Votox on the lift of the first syllable to create a subtle dipthong that's a little less 'uptight' and more natural. Since the computer lacks the discipline problems inherent in a human choir, the extreme "an" without the "A" dipthong component probably wouldn't be as necessary. :)

aAn-Se-SToOr

Just make sure the A-Votox is on the "off" section, layering above the "n".

[LHall]

Keep in mind that similarly spelled "A"s do not sound alike. "Anne" would be (VOTOX) "An" while the "A" in "Annoying" is more like "u-noE-EEng". "Thanks" is still different - more like ""T!iEnKS".

I would do "Ancestor" like this: "An-SeS-Tor" or "An-SeS-Ter"

Of course, this all depends on where you want your choir to be from. Here in the south, it might be more like "iE-yAn-SEE-yeS-ToO-er" or maybe just "KEn".


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