Re: [MacPerl] MacPerl Harmonizes

[Greenblatt & Seay <g-s@navix.net>]

>Matt Langford wrote:
>> SpeakText $channel, "How many harmonies did you really hear?";
>
>This may be asking a question for which I am musically unqualified to
>answer...
>
>But I got up to nine voices before my computer (a humble 7100) could only
>croak one note before having to tear the channels down again.
>
>Is that the point?

I wasn't really trying to make a point. I was really just asking a question.

I'm not sure how many harmonies I can hear so I was hoping someone else
might have a better ear or know how many channels the Mac can handle. I was
thrilled I could get more than 4.

I'm pretty sure I can hear 8 harmonies. I'm not sure I can hear a 9th. By
the 10th try I hear at least 1 drone tone, that is 1 note that maintains
the same pitch for its duration.

I have had little success so far making more than one voice actually sing
lyrics at the same time. I had to start the speech (a long string of "e"s)
first before I could loop through the pitches for each note.

When working with multiple speech channels I can change the pitch with
   SetSpeechPitch $channel[$v], $pitch[$v];
without distubing the flow.

But when I try to initiate new speeches with
  SpeakText $channel, "Testing 1, 2, 3. Hey is this thing on?";
it seems the voices step all over each other.


David Seay
http://www.mastercall.com/g-s




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