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Chimera Vocal Synth

Chimera Vocal Synth

nmstoker

Comments (55)

  • ykl
  • totetsu
  • odo1242
    There does seem to be a bug - if you drag the tongue to the bottom left-most position, close the lips and bring them back as far as possible, raise the larynx all the way, and lower the soft palate all the way, the synthesizer starts making some kind of inhuman screeching sound (which is definitely not physically accurate).My best guess for why is that the simulation parameters are set up slightly wrong in a way that is mostly fine for normal simulations (not an audible amount of distortion) but quickly goes off the rails on weird cases like the aforementioned.Overall a really nice app though; honestly I was kinda blown away by it.
  • starshadowx2
    I guess this is like a modern version of pink trombone - https://dood.al/pinktrombone/Also is the name a Teto reference?
  • goodmythical
    I could see this being very useful in a number of applications.Being trans, of course voice affirmation training.Then singing comes to mind, followed by language learning.A solid visual demo like this would help give people more than "okay now more like the a in aunt"
  • runnr_az
    This reminds me of that time researchers recreated the voice of the Pharaoh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8qhrURrQbI
  • nmstoker
    There was a post to a tweet about this but I also found there's a GitHub repo for the software and this link to it running!Earlier tweet: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50410728GitHub repo: https://github.com/jamesondh/chimera-vocal-synth
  • rc1
    Scrolling is an issue on iOS. Where my finger lands to scroll the page is captured by the head view. Took me a while to figure out how to get passed it.
  • hankbond
    I learned to throat sing to put my baby to sleep. I'm having fun trying to figure out what all the shapes of the different mouth/throat components I make to get the same sound in the synth.
  • hmokiguess
    This is the kind of experience I want on a Monday morning
  • EA-3167
    That was very intriguing, I was able to tune the false vocal folds and adopt the proper anatomical positions and it did output a proper Khoomei overtone. I wasn't able to find the Kargyraa range, but I managed a decent Sygyt.Damned impressive setup.
  • vektormemory
    I can't work out how Klaus did the Mr. Sandman version.Is that a modded version with 4 quartet singers at once?
  • thirtygeo
    This is weird and fun. Brings me back to one undergraduate class where we used the IPA a lot
  • hi_hi
  • nxobject
    Time to figure out that damn Australian "o" by flapping the tongue about...https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zHeGKQxoOEg
  • gnarlouse
    Next step: reverse engineer Freddie Mercury's glottal physiology from queen tracks and fourier analysis, pass it around as a VST plugin.Please and thank you.
  • anon
    undefined
  • minimaxa
    Will make a great vocoder, once a mic is connected to it.The vocal folds though? Lol
  • smusamashah
    Is it not supposed to work on phone? All I hear is noise and engine keeps loading beyond 100%
  • chaosprint
    love the op-1 vibe ui
  • Affric
    Can't whistle?
  • jagged-chisel
    The eye blink concerns me ...
  • hax0ron3
    Can it do throat singing?
  • hsuduebc2
    I love how creepy 3D view is.
  • Daunk
    Thanks, I hate it haha.
  • martialwave8
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