Voice synthesizing apparatus and method and apparatus and method used as part of a voice synthesizing apparatus and method
First Claim
1. A voice synthesizing apparatus comprising:
- sound source storage means for storing a plurality of sound data which includes at least sound data obtained from a sound of a musical instrument;
synthesis parameter generating means for generating a series of synthesis parameters defining phonemes from a series of character codes;
sound source generating means for selecting at least one sound data from the plurality of sound data stored in the sound source storage means, based on sound source information including at least data indicating the kind of musical instruments, and for generating a sound of a sound source based on the selected sound data; and
synthesizing means for synthesizing a voice from the generated sound source according to the series of synthesis parameters.
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Abstract
A voice synthesizing apparatus is arranged to synthesize a voice from text data composed of either character codes or a series of symbols by generating a sound source based on a series of sound-source parameters and synthesizing the sound source on the basis of a series of synthesis parameters. The voice synthesizing apparatus is provided with a sound-source generating circuit for generating the aforesaid sound source from a signal obtained from an instrumental sound generated with a musical instrument. This arrangement serves to easily synthesize voices which convey language information and yet which simulate the sounds of musical instruments such as a guitar, a violin, a harmonica, a musical synthesizer and the like.
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32 Claims
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1. A voice synthesizing apparatus comprising:
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sound source storage means for storing a plurality of sound data which includes at least sound data obtained from a sound of a musical instrument; synthesis parameter generating means for generating a series of synthesis parameters defining phonemes from a series of character codes; sound source generating means for selecting at least one sound data from the plurality of sound data stored in the sound source storage means, based on sound source information including at least data indicating the kind of musical instruments, and for generating a sound of a sound source based on the selected sound data; and synthesizing means for synthesizing a voice from the generated sound source according to the series of synthesis parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus adapted for use as part of a voice synthesizing apparatus for synthesizing a voice comprising:
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sound source generating means for generating a plurality of sounds forming voiced-sounds from a plurality of sound sources including at least a sound source obtained from sounds of at least a musical instrument; sound source selecting means for selecting at least one of said plurality of sound sources; and instructing means for instructing the selection of said sound source selecting means. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus adapted for use as part of a voice synthesizing apparatus for synthesizing a voice, comprising:
a memory for storing voice information for a predetermined period, including information of the type of sound source used to generate sounds forming voiced-sounds for synthesizing the voice, a filter factor used by the synthesizing filter for synthesizing the voice, and information indicating whether the sound source to be used to generate the sounds for synthesizing the voice is obtained from instrumental sounds or from human voices. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of synthesizing a voice comprising the steps of:
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generating a series of synthesis parameters from a series of character codes; selecting at least one sound data from a plurality of sound data including at least sound data obtained form sounds of a musical instrument stored in sound source storage means, based on sound source information including at least data indicating a kind of musical instruments; generating a sound of a source based on the selected sound data; and synthesizing a voice from the generated sound source according to the series of synthesis parameters. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method used as a part of a method of synthesizing a voice comprising the steps of:
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generating a plurality of sounds forming voiced-sounds from a plurality of sound sources including at least a sound source obtained from sounds of at least a sound source obtained from sounds of at least a musical instrument; instructing a selection from the plurality of sound sources; and selecting at least one of the plurality of sound sources according to said instructing step. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method of synthesizing a voice based on voice information for a predetermined interval, comprising the steps of:
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preparing and storing in a memory the voice information which includes information of the type of sound source used to generate sounds forming voiced-sounds for synthesizing the voice, a filter factor used by a synthesizing filter for synthesizing the voice, and information indicating whether the sound source to be used to generate the sound for synthesizing the voice is an instrumental sound source or a human voice sound source; and synthesizing the voice according to the voice information. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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