A Little Ludwig Goes a Long Way

A smattering of opinions on technology, books, business, and culture. Now in its 4th technology iteration.

Synthesized singers

27 January 2004

Freaky, now you can create synthesized singers from correctly annotated lyrics and scores – [Slashdot Yamaha Releases Singing Synthesis Software](http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/26/198222 “Slashdot Yamaha Releases Singing Synthesis Software”). I wonder what range of vocal performances this can encapsulate – I was listening to Led Zep/Robert Plant in the car this am, can you specify a vocal performance in his style? I am sure the answer is no, but how many iterations of Moore’s Law and algorithm development will we need before you can do something like this?