Vocaloid

[paul h]

Has anybody here got any experience of Vocaloid and specifically using it with Reason? Just looking for advice, tips, general chat etc.

Thanks.

[cheddatom]

What the hell's a vocaloid and how do you use it with reason?

[paul h]

Vocaloid is a midi voice synthesizer that actually produces quite decent vocals. I have no idea how to use it with Reason yet, I haven't actually got it...just thinking about it! I am hoping I can play/record a melody in Reason, then drop the midi file into Vocaloid and turn into a vocal track.

The actual Vocaloid website is a bit rubbish [url="http://www.vocaloid.com/en/index.html"]http://www.vocaloid.com/en/index.html[/url]

Here is a demo of it in use, with one of the Japanese voices. Which would be perfect for me since I discovered Tokyo Jihen!

Edited July 29, 2009 by paul h

[YouMa]

I have the lola vocaloid its quite a good laugh,but it still sounds like a machine.

[cheddatom]

That's very interesting, thanks!! I might have a go at this.

IMO Reason is pretty poor for writing midi. You could use anything to create a MIDI file and put it into that program.

[paul h]

I am pretty happy with my atrocious keyboard playing through my Toneport kb37 into Reason. It does the job well enough for me. I think I will have a crack at Vocaloid though. Some of the example out there are pretty good.

[rslaing]

[quote name='paul h' post='555377' date='Jul 29 2009, 05:55 PM']I am pretty happy with my atrocious keyboard playing through my Toneport kb37 into Reason. It does the job well enough for me. I think I will have a crack at Vocaloid though. Some of the example out there are pretty good.[/quote]

I've got Vocaloid, and it is great, but you have to be prepared to spend a fair bit of time and effort editing the notes when you input the words after you have played them in to make it sound "real" I use it with Cubase.