We are glad to announce the public realease of the Cantor Digitalis, an open-source real-time singing synthesizer controlled by hand gestures.
It can be used e.g. for making music or for singing voice pedagogy.
A wide variety of voices are available, from the classic vocal quartet (soprano, alto, tenor, bass), to the extreme colors of childish, breathy, roaring, etc. voices. All the features of vocal sounds are entirely under control, as the synthesis method is based on a mathematic model of voice production, without prerecording segments.
The instrument is controlled using chironomy, i.e. hand gestures, with the help of interfaces like stylus or fingers on a graphic tablet, or computer mouse. Vocal dimensions such as the melody, vocal effort, vowel, voice tension, vocal tract size, breathiness etc. can easily and continuouslybe controlled during performance, and special voices can be prepared in advance or using presets.
Check out the capabilities of Cantor Digitalis, through performances extracts from the ensemble Chorus Digitalis:
http://youtu.be/_LTjM3Lihis?t=13s.
In pratice, this release provides:
- the synthesizer application
- the source code in the form of a Max package (GPL-like license)
- a documentation for the musician and another for the developper
What do you need ?
- a Mac OSX
- ideally a Wacom graphic tablet, but it also works with your computer mouse
- for the developers, the Max software
Interested ?
- To download the Cantor Digitalis, click here
- To subscribe to the Cantor Digitalisnewsletter and/or the forum list, or to contact the developers, click here
- To learn about the Chorus Digitalis, ensemble of Cantor Digitalisand watch videos of performances, click here
- For more details about the Cantor Digitalis, click here
Regards,
The Cantor Digitalis team (who loves feedback — cantordigitalis@limsi.fr)
Christophe d'Alessandro, Lionel Feugère, Olivier Perrotin
http://cantordigitalis.limsi.fr/
