| As an amateur songwriter, who struggles
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| | friends - they will believe they are
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| with a computer far from powerful enough
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| | listening to a real singer performing.
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| to run the necessary software to record
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| | The question you will hear will always be
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| vocals of good quality, I have looked for
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| | "WHO is that?", and not
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| good solutions.And I've found a few.In a
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| | "What is that?".I quite agree.
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| short while you will hear songs that are
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| | Leon is astonishing. You need a powerful
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| totally computer made – including
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| | PC to run the Vocaloid programs. My 1 Mhz
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| the vocals. Yamaha made the technology,
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| | AMD Athlon with 512 Mb RAM had problems.
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| and licensed it to various companies.
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| | (Windows XP, Pentium 4, 1.7 GHz +, 1 GB
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| Vocaloid is the name – remember it
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| | of RAM or more is recommended).But still
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| if you like music!I have had the pleasure
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| | – I was able to use the program
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| of testing Leon, the Virtual Soul
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| | – and the night I received my copy,
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| Vocalist, from The complexity hid
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| | I didn’t get to bed until 4
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| behind the seemingly simplistic interface
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| | am…You can find a distributor for
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| is astonishing. I hardly had to look at
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| | the Zero-G range at The retail price
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| the manual at all while exploring –
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| | for both Leon and Lola is $329.95
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| quite atypical for music software.You
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| | £199.95/€289. More info on
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| draw your vocals using the mouse, and
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| | the technology can be found at and a
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| then add lyrics on top. Then, add
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| | link to raving reviews in various
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| harmonics, vibrato, attack etc. as you
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| | magazines and newspapers (among them one
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| want, tweak the phonemes (your words are
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| | from the New York Times titled Could I
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| automatically converted, and you can edit
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| | Get That Song in Elvis, Please?) are
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| them as you wish using the reference
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| | linked to from both sites.I am now about
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| guide in the manual) and go. Record the
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| | to enter the vocals for one of my songs
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| vocals as WAV and import them into your
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| | using Leon. Gotta go. Drop by to listen
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| favourite sequencer to add music, or use
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| | to the results!Essential software for
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| the program as a VST plugin.On their
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| | songwriters: Band in a Box is the perfect
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| site, Zero-G describes Leon: LEON is a
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| | companion to these plugins. Enter your
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| virtual male soul vocalist modelled on a
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| | chords, select the style (from hardrock
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| real professional singer, and when he is
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| | to soft ballads and classic Mozart) and
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| installed into your PC he will literally
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| | generate your music.Read more at and buy
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| allow you to create singing of superb
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| | it for $88 ($249 for the MegaPAK with a
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| quality and realism. LEON will sing ANY
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| | multitude of styles). BiaB 2006 also
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| words you ask him to in English -
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| | allows you to record vocals and to
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| literally anything - be they beautiful
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| | harmonize them – in addition to a
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| lyrics or comical trivialities,
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| | great variety of other features. If you
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| Monteverdi madrigals or manic chants. You
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| | wish, you can have BiaB 2005 create your
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| can create vocal tracks of soulful
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| | whole song.Haakon Rian Ueland is a former
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| singing in any lyrics you want. You just
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| | columnist of the Mensa International
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| type in lyrics, and synthesize. Then add
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| | Journal, where this article was first
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| expression to taste. LEON is under your
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| | published. smartsoftware.org is dedicated
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| total control, and the really
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| | to content (ringtones, themes,
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| mind-blowing thing is - he can truly
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| | backgrounds, 3gp videos) for various
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| sound like a professional singing voice.
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| | Cellphones and to his column.
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| With very little practice the results you
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| | You can contact him at hueland (at)
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| get from LEON will completely fool your
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| | gmail (dot) com.
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