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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2004
Singing voice synthesizing apparatus with selective use of templates for attack and non-attack notes
Hideki Kemmochi, Shizuoka, JP;
Hideki Kemmochi, Shizuoka, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
In an apparatus for synthesizing a singing voice of a song, a storage section stores template data in correspondence to various expressions applicable to music notes. The template data includes first and second template data differently defining a temporal variation of a characteristic parameter for applying the corresponding expression to an attack note and a non-attack note, respectively. An input section inputs voice information representing a sequence of vocal elements and specifying expressions in correspondence to the respective vocal elements. A synthesizing section synthesizes the singing voice from the sequence of the vocal elements based on the inputted voice information. When the vocal element is of an attack note, the first template data is applied to the vocal element. Otherwise, when the vocal element is of a non-attack note, the second template data is applied to the vocal element.