Singing voice synthesizing method, singing voice synthesizing device, program, recording medium, and robot apparatus
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1. A method for synthesizing the singing voice comprisingan analyzing step of analyzing performance data as a musical information of a pitch and a length of a sound and a lyric;
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a singing voice generating step of generating the singing voice based on the lyric imparted.
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Abstract
A singing voice synthesizing method synthesizes the singing voice by exploiting performance data, such as MIDI data. The input performance data are analyzed as the musical information including the pitch and the length of the sounds and the lyric (S2 and S3). If the musical information analyzed lacks in the lyric information, an arbitrary lyric is donated to an arbitrary string of notes (S9, S11, S12 and S15). The singing voice is generated based on the so donated lyric (S17).
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1. A method for synthesizing the singing voice comprising
an analyzing step of analyzing performance data as a musical information of a pitch and a length of a sound and a lyric; - and
a lyric imparting step of imparting the lyric to a string of notes, based on the lyric information of the musical information analyzed, and imparting an optional lyric to an optional string of notes in the absence of the lyric information; and a singing voice generating step of generating the singing voice based on the lyric imparted. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for synthesizing the singing voice comprising:
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analyzing means for analyzing performance data as a musical information of a pitch and a length of a sound and a lyric; lyric imparting means for imparting the lyric to a string of notes, based on the lyric information of the musical information analyzed, and imparting an optional lyric to an optional string of notes in the absence of the lyric information; and singing voice generating means for generating the singing voice based on the lyric imparted. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-readable recording medium, having recorded thereon a program that when executed by a processor portion perform steps comprising:
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an analyzing step of analyzing input performance data as a musical information of a pitch and a length of a sound and a lyric; a lyric imparting step of imparting the lyric to a string of notes, based on the lyric information of the musical information analyzed, and imparting an optional lyric to an optional string of notes in the absence of the lyric information; and a singing voice generating step of generating the singing voice based on the lyric imparted. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. An autonomous robot apparatus comprising
analyzing means for analyzing performance data as a musical information of a pitch and a length of a sound and a lyric; -
lyric imparting means for imparting the lyric to a string of notes, based on the lyric information of the musical information analyzed, and imparting an optional lyric to an optional string of notes in the absence of the lyric information; and singing voice generating means for generating the singing voice based on the lyric imparted. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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