I can remember the latin drills I went through as a kid, how we would chant the verb conjugations like mantras. I fed the present tense conjugations for to love into Alter Ego and used Numerology to experiment with different trigger patterns. The vocal synth pitch and rhythm info was also sent to Sinevibes zap and Demogorgon synth.
I had earlier tried using the Pink Trombone web app https://dood.al/pinktrombone/ as a vocals synth and mixed some of my efforts into the mix, added a drum loop and then got a bit carried away into my own private sound hole and veered off the main brief :)
Disquiet Junto Project 0290: Text-to-Beat
Use computer-generated speech as the rhythmic foundation for a track.
Step 1: This week we’re going to build a track around text-to-speech, the results of a computer-generated voice speaking. In past text-to-speech we’ve used pre-existing text as the source. In this case we’re going to build the text to order. Keep this in mind.
Step 2: Find a good text-to-speech system that you think you can work with musically. In MacOS, for example, there’s a built-in system shortcut: Just select the text you want to hear, highlight it (in a browser, or a text editor, wherever) and then hit the ESC button while holding down the OPT button. There are also other tools, including browser-based options, like the one here:
https://text-to-speech-demo.mybluemix.net/
Step 3: Experiment with different combinations of words to produce a rhythm you want to work with.
Step 4: Record the rhythm you developed in Step 3.
Step 5: Produce a track using the rhythm in Step 4 as the foundation. (Level Up: Use more than one text-to-speech pattern to create cross-patterns, phasing, among other polyrhythmic events and effects.)
Title/Tag: When posting your track, please include “disquiet0290” in the title of the track, and where applicable (on SoundCloud, for example) as a tag.
Upload: When participating in this project, post one finished track with the project tag, and be sure to include a description of your process in planning, composing, and recording it. This description is an essential element of the communicative process inherent in the Disquiet Junto. Photos, video, and lists of equipment are always appreciated.
Download: It is preferable that your track is set as downloadable, and that it allows for attributed remixing (i.e., a Creative Commons license permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution). Keep an eye on the license of the audio you source, as that may determine the license you end up using.
Linking: When posting the track online, please be sure to include this information, along with details of your source audio, including links to it:
More on this 290th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Text-to-Beat: Use computer-generated speech as the rhythmic foundation for a track. — at:
https://disquiet.com/0290/
More on the Disquiet Junto at:
https://disquiet.com/junto/
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Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:
https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0290-text-to-beat/
