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The MIDI Machine
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Amateur musical hack here to impart my dubious knowledge/opinions to bedroom producers of pop, through songwriting sessions, MIDI tips and product reviews.
Shows will recorded kind of live, and published with minimal editing. Follow up corrections/clarifications will be published between shows if they're helpful. Please leave comments, and I will respond. Since the sessions are more or less improvised, the music that comes out of them may not be top notch. Some tunes will be edited beyond the recording and I hope to do videos of the tweaking in between the full shows so you can see how a tune ended up or what I did with it later.
The things I use extensively are... Steinberg Cubase Pro, Dreamtonics Synthesizer-V, Toontrack products (EZ Keys 2, EZ Bass, Superior Drummer 3), Arturia synths, Korg synths, Ample Sound Guitars, Orange Tree Guitars, Native Instruments products (Komplete), AudioBro LA Scoring Strings 3, Audio Modeling SWAM trumpets/saxes/violin/cello.
Shows will recorded kind of live, and published with minimal editing. Follow up corrections/clarifications will be published between shows if they're helpful. Please leave comments, and I will respond. Since the sessions are more or less improvised, the music that comes out of them may not be top notch. Some tunes will be edited beyond the recording and I hope to do videos of the tweaking in between the full shows so you can see how a tune ended up or what I did with it later.
The things I use extensively are... Steinberg Cubase Pro, Dreamtonics Synthesizer-V, Toontrack products (EZ Keys 2, EZ Bass, Superior Drummer 3), Arturia synths, Korg synths, Ample Sound Guitars, Orange Tree Guitars, Native Instruments products (Komplete), AudioBro LA Scoring Strings 3, Audio Modeling SWAM trumpets/saxes/violin/cello.
Splitting notes in Synthesizer-V
This is a quick video showing how you can split words and syllables to assign them to different notes.
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Memorable Melodies - an introduction to writing idiomatic melody lines
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This video doesn't go into much detail, but its just to plant the seed of an idea about writing memorable vocal lines using idiomatic writing. It includes an example of both non-idiomatic writing and idiomatic writing using the same backing, lyrics and even mostly the same pitches. It's aimed at Synth-V users mostly because I hear a lot of really excellent work with expert backings, but seeming...
Synthesizer-V Quick Tip - Removing Exhales
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This really only applies to Natalie and Hayden - they both have a tendency to have a breathy exhale at the end of phrases. This video shows the easiest way to remove them. If you found this video helpful, please hit the like button.
Whisper vocals in Synthesizer-V
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In this video, I go over how to create whisper vocals in Synthesizer-V, for both spoken-word, and husky voice singing. You can add a huge amount of expression using this technique. I've created this video a number of times over the last couple of weeks, and every time I do, I find either something wrong with my technique, a better way of doing something, or a more versatile end result. I think ...
05 - Nocturne [Synthesizer-V Original: Solaria (whisper vocals) and Natalie (lead)]
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RPM Challenge 2024 Vocals - Synthesizer-V - Solaria (whisper), Natalie (lead) The RPM Challenge is a worldwide movement to produce a recording in the month of February. This year, my challenge consists of five pieces. The EP is called Five Pins, hinting at its completely MIDI based origin. You can get the whole playlist at ruclips.net/p/PLj95 WFtAPyHJwV3MciDGzZ4XHISDMDp.
04 - We Need Change [Synthesizer-V Original - Natalie]
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RPM Challenge 2024 Vocals - Synthesizer-V - Natalie The RPM Challenge is a worldwide movement to produce a recording in the month of February. This year, my challenge consists of five pieces. The EP is called Five Pins, hinting at its completely MIDI based origin. You can get the whole playlist at ruclips.net/p/PLj95 WFtAPyHJwV3MciDGzZ4XHISDMDp.
03 - A Better World [Synthesizer-V Original - Hayden]
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RPM Challenge 2024 Vocals - Synthesizer-V - Hayden The RPM Challenge is a worldwide movement to produce a recording in the month of February. This year, my challenge consists of five pieces. The EP is called Five Pins, hinting at its completely MIDI based origin. You can get the whole playlist at ruclips.net/p/PLj95 WFtAPyHJwV3MciDGzZ4XHISDMDp.
02 - The Sun Comes Closer [Synthesizer-V Original - Sheena (lead), Natalie (bv's)
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RPM Challenge 2024 Vocals - Synthesizer-V - Sheena (Lead), Natalie (Backing Vocal) The RPM Challenge is a worldwide movement to produce a recording in the month of February. This year, my challenge consists of five pieces. The EP is called Five Pins, hinting at its completely MIDI based origin. You can get the whole playlist at ruclips.net/p/PLj95 WFtAPyHJwV3MciDGzZ4XHISDMDp.
01 - RPM Sting [Synthesizer-V Original - with Solaria, Natalie and Saros]
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RPM Challenge 2024 Vocals - Synthesizer-V, Solaria, Natalie, Saros The RPM Challenge is a worldwide movement to produce a recording in the month of February. This year, my challenge consists of five pieces. The EP is called Five Pins, hinting at its completely MIDI based origin. You can get the whole playlist at ruclips.net/p/PLj95 WFtAPyHJwV3MciDGzZ4XHISDMDp. This piece uses Toontrack EZ Keys ...
RPM Update - February 25th (Synthesizer-V featured songs)
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Into the last week of February (already!), and it will be time to submit my EP to RPM by the end of Thursday. Even though I didn't get to spend as much time over the month on it as I had hoped, I did get six tracks into decent enough shape to include. They're not quite finished, but they're getting close, and I play all of them here. 0:00 - Segment introduction 2:34 - Intro/Stinger 3:20 - We Ar...
RPM Song - The Sun Comes Closer - Progress to date (Synthesizer-V: Sheena)
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This is where we are with The Sun Comes Closer. If I have time before the deadline, I want to... - add string and backing vocal arrangements - fix some drum bits and bobs - fix some bass parts (octave smoothness)
RPM update for Friday 16 February
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RPM Update for Friday 16 February. 0:00 - experimentation piece... so far 2:42 - intro to this video, intro to the week. 3:35 - explaining the experimentation piece (rap/heavy rock) 5:13 - absorbing some rap to get an idea for writing rap lyrics, and extending the chorus 8:20 - the harmony backing vocals 8:57 - vocoder vocals 10:42 - the riser... 13:20 - changing the pitch of the rap 14:28 - se...
RPM Update - changing a couple of notes to improve the flow
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Working on "The Sun Comes Closer", finding that by changing a couple of notes at the end of the verse, it smooths the transition into the chorus. Playing you all I have so far on this too. Got rid of the bridge, and moved things around a little for a more cohesive song. Still some problems in the storyline to fix (the chorus I think), and then figure out an ending, and its almost done.
RPM Challenge Update - 8 February
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It's around about now that I start to panic that I won't get this done. Well, I'm making okay progress with four out of five tracks started. This is the first vocal RPM challenge I've started, and that is where my holdup will be mostly. Anyway, playing you what I have for the four tracks started so far.
Episode 2 - Mid Week Update - Synth-V Singing Metal
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Episode 2 - Mid Week Update - Synth-V Singing Metal
THE MIDI MACHINE - Episode 2 - English Speaking Male Databases for Synth-V
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THE MIDI MACHINE - Episode 2 - English Speaking Male Databases for Synth-V
THE MIDI MACHINE - Episode 1 Mid-week Update
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THE MIDI MACHINE - Episode 1 Mid-week Update
Comparison of Female English speaking voices for Synthesizer-V
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Comparison of Female English speaking voices for Synthesizer-V
[SYNTHESIZER-V, NATALIE ORIGINAL] Reach for the Stars
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[SYNTHESIZER-V, NATALIE ORIGINAL] Reach for the Stars
The Sailor - [Original Synth-V song Asterian, Solaria, Mai and Natalie]
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The Sailor - [Original Synth-V song Asterian, Solaria, Mai and Natalie]
[SYNTH-V ORIGINAL - Kevin and Solaria] Time to Get Up
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[SYNTH-V ORIGINAL - Kevin and Solaria] Time to Get Up
[SYNTHESIZER-V SOLARIA ORIGINAL] - HAPPY VIBES
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[SYNTHESIZER-V SOLARIA ORIGINAL] - HAPPY VIBES
Ritchy in singing mode is actually very modern country - particularly if you are good at phoneme tuning. ruclips.net/video/eWOjlPJ44gA/видео.html
Excelente video Sr , grasias por compartir su tecnica, excellent video Sr, thanks for sharing your technique
Brilliant! Many thanks for those tips.
Nice, I assumed it would split where the playback head (vertical line) was positioned but the split actually happens where you clik on the piano roll note! The ornement note seems to also give you a tone up scoop for a held note which is cool.
Did they ever incorporate a way you can sing the vocal yourself to create midi track for Solaria. The timing of the notes and inflections with the words sung the correct way. I know they were working on it.
Yes, they've incorporated voice to MIDI. Here's how they describe their implementation - svdocs.dreamtonics.com/en/synthv/advanced-usage/voice-to-midi. I have no use for this feature personally, so I have never used it, and you won't see a tutorial on it, but there are others out there.
@@themidimachine Thank you!
Very good song using Natalie voice.
Great work, congratulations..... you can make your own whisper vocals of phrases instead using an expensive library but usind SynthV..👋
HI, I'm just starting out with Synthsizer V and I found this video and firstly just want to say thank you, it was a great help. I've progressed quite a bit but I'm getting what I see and a fairly major stumbling block. I've purchased a few singers, Solaria being one (great voice) and my issue is what I see as a lack of sharpness to some hard constanents, like say a B (ber) or M (mer) and also words begining with S i often find seem to slur a bit rather than being a tight 'ser'. I know the option of increasing the strength and length of each component in a word and also the 2 or 3 alternative sound options and also trying to rewrite word phonetically, but still not getting a great result. I have typed in 'ser' and had as a separate block infornt which sort of works but can give a clitch into the next part of the word, like a hesitation. I mean the vocal sound is absolutely wonderful but the diction could be better for clarity of the lyrics in a fuller backing mix (even if i mix the vox up really high still struggle to pick out some words) I wondered if you had any tips or tricks to improve the harder constantants to cut through more, esp as my song are often quite high energy with a full band backing - many thanks
If you're using Synth-V Pro, you could try splitting the voice into two tracks - in the VST version, its in the Settings panel, and in the standalone version its in the Render panel. In both cases you're looking for the option that lets you split the aspiration channel. You could then apply different processing (EQ, compression/transients) to it. You may actually be able to do it without splitting the channel with EQ/compression, but I think splitting the channels would make it easier to get the result you're looking for, especially if trying to make the transients have more attack. The official manual is here - svdocs.dreamtonics.com/en/home. Go to svdocs.dreamtonics.com/en/synthv/plugins/instrument#configure-audio-channels-for-output if you're using the plugin, or here - svdocs.dreamtonics.com/en/synthv/basic-usage/render#render-audio if you're using it stand-alone for details of the options for splitting the voice.
@@themidimachine thank you so much for taking the time to reply. Inspired by your comment about the actual mixing I studied the levels in more detail to see that most of the bits I was having issue with were quite quiet looking at the sound wave, it sounded fine solo but in the mix was lost, so I lifted the levels on the bits I had issue with and that made it much better. Sounds obvious and a bit dumb of me not to consider that before but I guess I assumed the vocal was all correct and natural with levels. I still think the diction on the hard constantans is not quite perfect but that's a pretty minor complaint given the overall amazing brilliance of this software Anyway, thank you and I'll enjoy future videos by you.
you can always drop the 'g' off in some words ending in 'ing' to give a more authentic sounding vocals. 🤷♂
I was researching this sort of thing and came across your video. You have some great detail and going into things that I didn't think about at this time. I thought Saros had a Michael McDonald vibe in the Disco/Funk section. I will be buying Hayden soon to cover some other genres I'm writing in. 😊 Thank you so much. You have saved me a lot of time and effort. 😎👍🎤
Interesting! Thanks 😎👍
interesting! Thanks
Thank you for another useful video - much appreciated.
The parameters section isn't showing up on my window.
Hard to see on the video, but at the top of the Piano Roll section, over on the right hand side, you should see three horizontal lines (the burger!). If you click that, and then choose "Add Parameter Panel".
Akg k240 or akg 702? 😊😊😊
k240MkII. They're okay. My hearing is shot to bits to be honest, so I'm not particularly fussy as long as there isn't too much bass build up, and they're nice and light, which the 240's are. I like open style, and since I don't do tracking in my little studio, bleed is never an issue. Have you compared the two? I also prefer using monitors (I have a pair of Dynaudio BM5A's (The original ones), that I've had since around 2007... still kicking along. :)
@@themidimachine I have AKG K240 600 Ohms and K702. Little clear high freq have K702 and stronger bass around 100Hz, but that is steal week. K240 is so old headphone, MK2 is new one. K702 have clear sub bass :D I found EQ correction for K702 and using all the time for mixing. You can feal different with and without on bass and high freq. I have Sennhiser HD 599, and trust me for clear sound AKG is the winer! Sennhaiser have boost bass around 3dB on 90-120Hz i think and so close sound, bass dominating. For epic music, orchestration, scoring, jazz, acoustic .... i think AKG is the best choice. You are like me, or I'm like you for no need for bass a lot :D Thank you for your answer. You got new sub 😊
@@filipmilojkovc6146 This is the first non-Sennheiser headphones I've owned in over 25 years. I used to have a pair of HD650's at work, when I did a lot of classical recording. I loved them and the bass certainly wasn't hyped on those. But I've also had other Senn's and I don't feel I can trust what they give me. The K240's aren't as good as the 650's, but they are about 1/3 of the price I paid for the 650's, and they are decent enough for me these days. Thanks for the sub. I've been having trouble putting new content up... hoping to improve on that!!!
You sir, have the most soothing voice Ive ever heard in my life. Please do more of these videos 😅its a real stress reliever. Idk why, but it is
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Such simple methods to get amazing results! Thanks, looking forward to seeing more from The MIDI Machine, Gianni❤
Another method for “read” to sound correct and probably easier, is another word that only has one sound like: “reed”. It can work in many but not all cases. Gianni❤
Really useful, thanks.
Excellent demo, really helpful, thanks. I think Natalie would be the one for me. Is it easy to input syllables at different pitches? Eg, Diff-er-ent. Do you just write each syllable as you would a word?
It's very easy. It's part of a workflow. I can put together a quick video tomorrow night if that would help. The workflow I use is incredibly quick and natural.
@@themidimachine That would be really useful, thanks. I’ve subbed.
@@Tolbiny Hope this will explain it... ruclips.net/video/9zibPuKszpw/видео.htmlsi=BfqeyU3idpSnqS1V
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Saros I find to be the most versatile. Natalie for female. But those are just favorites, they all have their uses.
This is good. Sheena sounds good. I haven't noticed her that much but I just searched for other originals done with her and there are a couple of really good ones. I like the sound with the reverb you have on it.
Yes, she really got overshadowed. Might have been a mistake for Dreamtonics to release so many voices simultaneously.
This was an interesting little watch! One thing I'd like to mention about English vocals: pretty much every AI voicebank for SynthV can sing in English, no matter the language it was initially recorded for. To make the voicebank sing in English you simply need to change the Language setting (it's almostly at the top of Voice panel), which by default is set to their primary language. Though, it's important to mention that often these voicebanks tend to sing with an accent (how strong it is I can't really say, since English isn't my first language, so if you want to hear a certain voice in English I would recomment searching up covers of English songs using the voice that interests you and just listening to a few to decide if you like the pronunciation)
Yes, accents are an issue. I'm not sure if its the same with all languages, but as English speakers we seem to want to hear singers without strong accents, especially sounding like English isn't their first language. Even Natalie gets criticized from time to time over this, but certainly many consider Weina unusable, and even Sheena is borderline, so many of those that are not specifically intended for English speaking tend to get ignored except by those looking for a very specific sound. I think at this point, we have enough voices to not need to compromise on things like this (even though we still need more new voices!). Its a bit weird that this is the case, and I have no idea why it is.
Saros is my fav one!!!! Natalie is also amazing
Both great choices! What kind of music are you creating with them?
@@themidimachine a variety of styles but i usually use Saros for operish high notes on metal or cinematic tracks!
@@jesus4pincho Interesting, I must check this out. I did a bit of a shootout for metal, and I didn't even include Saros because I didn't think the diction was right for it, but I'm glad to be proven wrong, and maybe I need to update that.
Great comparison, and a very nice song! If you're at all interested, there are actually three other female English AI voices available for SynthV that are available if you go onto their companies's respective websites. I'll provide a brief description of each vocal, if any of them sound interesting to you! They're all more so targeted at the "anime" side of the program's audience, but are definitely great voices in their own right. 1. Anri Arcane from Audiologie. A great youthful voice with a lot of personality, but can sometimes have fairly plain phrasing. Pretty diverse in terms of tone, although I find most of her vocal modes to be superfluous. An upgraded version of the original Anri vocal, which is no longer available. 2. Eleanor Forte AI from Animen. A lovely soft and mature vocalist with very delicate pronunciation. In older versions she sounded a bit unnaturally "thick", but she's improved with updates. Unfortunately, not a very tonally diverse voice, and can be somewhat difficult to use. Also has a lite Standard voice, but it sounds completely different and can't be used in anything monetized. 3. Tsurumaki Maki AI English from AH Software. A native Japanese speaker, but the voicebank itself is English. She was created before crosslingual synthesis was a feature, and therefore had separate Japanese and English voices in both AI and Standard form. Has a cute, somewhat raspy tone. However, she can sound almost as mature as Natalie with her Adult vocal mode and some edits. Has a stronger non-native accent than any other English vocal, so be aware. Bonus: Stardust from Quadimension. Not *officially* listed as an English vocal, but has English recordings that make her sound much more natural in English than other Chinese vocals. My absolute favourite vocal for the program, has an even more diverse tonal range than Solaria and can be used in just about any genre. Has a very distinct husky tone. I wouldn't recommend trying to purchase her unless you're *absolutely certain* that you want to, because she's even more expensive than Weina and is extremely difficult to purchase from outside of China, usually requiring a proxy service that'll charge you like $30 to forward an email. Also has a very annoying and strict commercial license.
Thanks for adding your review of these extras. I've never considered them because of their vocal characteristics, but they do all deserve to be included. It's hard to find good demos of these voices doing original songs. I've heard a couple of Eleanor Forte AI that sound pretty good. I think the others just go too far on the anime side.
Thank you!!
Great stuff, thank you! Can't wait to try it out.
Hayden sounds so great here (thanks to your great tuning, i presume), that it makes me question my decision to buy only Kevin and An Xiao as male voices, for similar style songs and register. Only care about English, but i liked An Xiao timbre a lot in the few demos i found with that voicebank in English, even with a bit of accent. I wish there were songs out there are as good as this one, for other male voices.. (or, even better, a downloadable SynthV source track file to try it myself with my voicebanks)
I'd be happy to share my SVP file if you like. I'll grab it later (it's on my studio computer). I don't actually do much in the way of micro-editing. Pitch editing I only do when something is way off... dynamics we obviously need to instruct Synth-V on, but again, not really micro-editing - more or less just broad sweeping changes in tone or mood through a song. I trust the programming of Dreamtonics/Eclipsed for the voices I have, and don't feel the need to do much with the vocal lines I write. I'll add a comment later with links to a couple of SVP files (one all as written, and one converted to Manual mode, so that you can retain Hayden's pitch info with other voices even when you don't have Hayden).
A Better World is now available for download - www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/o5s4pg97s61gzrszul6fi/A-Better-World.zip?rlkey=5dqu24ivmr8cyv6oishn16qx0&dl=1. It's a 58MB zip file containing a wave file of the piano accompaniment and two Synthesizer-V svp files - one is designed to be opened with Hayden and the other has been converted to manual mode, to keep Hayden's pitch info, while being able to be opened with any S-V voice. Note that I did not manually tune Hayden's voice to make it sound like it does - it was all done by Synthesizer-V.
@@themidimachine wow thank you so much 🤩 ! can't wait to try it with other voices i have (even female ones). aargh, have work tomorrow, but this made my day! Such a beautiful song, and such a generous creator, thank you 🙏
@@themidimachine Is that just one voice? I'm wondering how a double would sound or even a triple with a high and low track slightly mixed in for body? I guess I'll have to get it. The outlay is kind of a mess. They should copy Ableton or some popular Daw. But I guess it's Japanese. And I know they have a thousand ways you can customize the vocals but I would be inclined to just keep clicking the redo button. Too many choices causes stress. Ha ha ah!
@@hannahbackward This is just one voice. It's an acoustic piano and voice. I'm not sure why you'd want to over-process an obviously acoustic track like that. When you say "the outlay is kind of a mess", do you mean the user interface? It is certainly not the best part of Synth-V. A fresh colour scheme could do wonders for it, and that aside, I'm not sure what they could do to parse all that information in a clearer way. Just because you have choices, you don't need to avail of them. Most of my vocal work with Synth-V is pretty basic. I don't like the idea of micro-editing, and rarely feel the need. I do change dynamics to match my vision for my song, but not much else.
The second one definitely flows in a more beautiful way. Not sure about whats more memorable tho, probably the second one cus of the beauty in it. I would love to hear more about this if you could dive deeper into the topic and explain exactly the difference between the two 👍
Great material -- MIDI music is my life long hobby since back in the day playing with SB AWE32.. Thank you for this channel ❤
Impressive, the quality of this atmospheric piece rivals the best out there.. So well done.
making the best of these voice banks. Amazing work..
so beautiful! ❤️ thank you for this
sweet trick :)
Saros suits this style. Sounds really good.
Yes, I don't think any other Synth-V voice would get anywhere near on this one. I must finish it some time!!!
As a native spanish speaker, and music producer I notice that melodies in different lenguages are different because of their idiomatic characteristics. I think to achieve natural idiomatic melodies, what it takes is to pay attention to what the natural accents of a sentence are, and then try to follow them musically using intervals and whether the strong syllables are on a down or up beat
Yes... speaking has a natural cadence right? It strikes me that Spanish has a fast cadence... would that be a fair statement and if so do you notice that Spanish songs also bias towards being sung fast?
...and by the way, it looks like cadence is the word I should have been researching for the rhythmic part of emphasis and flow. I always think of a cadence in the context of chord structure. Lol
@@themidimachine Yes, cadence is a great word to describe it. Words in spanish usually are longer than in english, and we like to use a lot of adjectives to describe action and subjects, so the songs tends to be more '''wordy'' an thus we pronounce more syllables than the usual song in english I think. So it feels that we sing faster.
The latter is certainly more normal, but the first one was interesting and unique in a consistent way; it had its own idiom, so to speak.
...but which one is more memorable? I think at least for a non-musician, you're more likely to remember the second one, and so as a device for popularity, if you can give someone an ear-worm, they're more likely to come back for a second listen. Combining the two concepts to give a push-pull, will give you interest and a memorable hook for the best of both worlds. It's proving tricky to find some theory driven research on this specific device, and I'm coming to the conclusion that "idiomatic" certainly isn't a word commonly used in this context. Still researching...
I need to go back and watch this video several times… I get where you’re going with this.
Very informative and detailed, thank you for this lesson.
Nice reminder. Lyrics are always difficult for me, and if I get something down, I am usually to relieved and just go with it. No doubt much improvement could be had by reworking the lyrics to hit the proper emphasis, remove awkwardness. Lots of good topics underlying here, like how different languages effect both the lyrics and the movement of the music. And Madrigals! Not many madrigals written today, but the tool box is still useful for emphasizing meaning.
On the subject of language, I was wondering whether language makes a difference, and in particular to those writing in a language other than their native language. I can't speak fluently in any language other than English (and I have trouble with that sometimes LOL), but I imagine fine nuances of word stresses might affect the ease of idiomatic writing. Mind you, I think we all have trouble with it, especially when we haven't been trained formally and also when we want to avoid the super-predictable phrasing. When I started out with Synth-V, I thought that you had to use parameters to emphasize words and syllables, and that was kind of too much work for me. It's quite recently that I realized when you write naturally, the syllables emphasize themselves to an extent.
Great tip!
Nice demo/tutorial on MIDI composing with some nice tools. I usually use SynthV in standalone and output WAVs into the DAW. It has some advantages but using it as a VST looks like it works quite well. I might give it a try. I also really like the Ample Martin. A bit complex, but very powerful programming ability and great sound. Need to check that out too. Thanks for the vid.
You can use the Dictionary feature to determine Phonemes. Create a Dictionary and you can search words that sound like what you want and get the phoneme breakdown. Then you won't have to add notes, and remove notes. You can just use the dictionary on the right hand side menu. If there's a pronunciation you *always* want, you can add the edited word to your dictionary and it'll populate using it as a starting point.
I must admit that I don't use the Dictionary, but I don't see that working in this case, because its two different pronunciations of a single spelling. You can only put a spelling in the dictionary once, so yeah, its fine if its all you ever use, but either could be right in this case depending on context. There are a number of mechanisms that you could use. The one I might otherwise use in this particular case would be to simply mis-spell the word - red vs. reed would work in this case. I was simply using one of the mechanisms for figuring out phonemes. The reason I've never really got into using the dictionary is because it doesn't often mis-pronounce a word. In fact, I find it pretty uncanny how good it is. But I appreciate your viewpoint, and I'd also be interested in knowing if I'm missing something here about having two words spelt the same in the dictionary.
@@themidimachine Hey there, I apologize if I came off aggressive. What I was trying to say is that you do not need to add a word to the dictionary to use the phonemes feature it offers. IE: You could type "reed" into it to see the phonemes and then edit the word "read" into your piano roll. I was simply suggesting that the extra clicks of changing to the pen tool, adding a note, editing the lyrics, and *THEN* Copying the phoneme to the other word and then deleting it, could be removed by just using the "Word" field on the dictionary tab. *I* don't save words, I was simply sharing that you could. I do a lot of metal/hard rock with this application, and there are a lot of syllable broken words. Learning that "Dee/Luge/shone" is needed instead of "delusions/+/+" is tricky :) I'm also using Richy and Hayden as whisper vocals in RAP mode and adding a truck load of distortion to achieve metal vox...and it's working. I wish they'd come out with a hardcore singer, but I know it's not their target audience. Mai helps with sounding like "Baby Metal" :)
@@davidnovin200 Hi David, I didn't get an aggressive vibe. No apology needed. Sorry if I gave that impression in my response. I tend to try and say stuff with as few words as possible, and it can give the wrong impression. :D All good. I get what you're saying now. BTW - did you create your dictionary from scratch and just add words as you come across them, or did you import one from somewhere as a starting point? They tried the hardcore with Nine-Zero. Not a great choice IMO, but hey, I guess it was new ground for them. Eclipsed Sounds looks like they're open to suggestions for ideas for new voices. I saw something, I think on their Twitter account about encouraging people to e-mail them with ideas. Could be an idea. Bet that would be good! I know I'm looking for a Chaka Khan, so that's what I'll be campaigning for, but send them an e-mail, and may the best man win. 😆
@@themidimachine I just created a new one, and saved it. I only have like 5 words in it right now. Mostly I use this for demoing new songs for my singer, and words he pronounces in unique ways get added to my dictionary. Otherwise I just use the word function if I need to find a phoneme. The other thing I like to use it for is to use words that sound like WHAT I want them to. intentional mispronunciations, as it were. :) I love that this tool exists, but as a metal song writer, I don't see it replacing my singer, who sounds like Max Cavalera of Sepultura. No AI is gonna give me that tone :)
All 5 pieces are very well done - and each very different! Shows a real mastery of the machine and a feel for musical story. `
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Thanks for the overview of your technique! Learned quite a bit. I had never used the phonemes checker, only used the dictionary, working off similar sounding words. Looks like phoneme checker should save time.
I had the phoneme checker as my desktop for a while, but honestly, I found it quicker to think of a word with a similar sound and put it straight into S-V to find the phoneme I wanted, because I never had to leave S-V. It hasn't failed me yet as a technique. But it depends how you work. I guess a printed phoneme checker stuck to the side of the monitor would be even quicker. I think flow is important, and anything that breaks that - even leaving Synth-V (in this case) for a second, cuts the flow and gives the possibility to forget what you're doing. Especially for old people like me. 😏
Thank you so much for publishing your videos on Synth V and for sharing all the research/experimentation you do with this astonishing product. I don't have much hobby time, but really feel inspired when I see the range of singing styles that you have achieved. Please keep going!
I use Synth V and find it very useful. How’ver to call voices English is a misdescription. They are American with American pronunciations which toEnglish ears can grate.
No matter how much you think other nations butcher the language, it is still English. You can change the pronounciation of some words to make them English sounding, but you would certainly expect an American singer, for example, to use American-English.
@@neiljopson8138 No idea what you're trying to say here.
@@themidimachineugh he's just a Brit supremacist. Can't blame the companies for making the voices American, it's literally the most popular accent when it comes to anime dubbing, even if I don't like it. I have managed to get Ritchy to sound like a Brit with some success, actually, so it's not like these models are too rigid.