How Vocaloid Works: A Beginner’s Guide to the Science Behind Yamaha’s Singing Voice Synthesis Software

By: Gretchen Jude

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Synopsis: How Vocaloid Works explores the technical aspects of Vocaloid, the world&’s most widely known and commercially successful singing voice synthesis software. Unlike previous Anglophone academic works on the subject, this book provides readers with a deeper understanding of the technological foundations of Yamaha&’s concatenative synthesis approach as well as its updated AI synthesis engine. Vocaloid&’s ground-breaking ability to generate a range of both life-like and distinctly artificial timbres continues to demonstrate its lasting impact. However, with the advent of machine learning models capable of both music generation and audio deepfakes, the future of Vocaloid&’s position at the forefront of the industry is uncertain. The book examines into how Vocaloid can create human(oid) vocal sound, covering the fundamentals of acoustic voice production, auditory perception, analog audio, digital signal processing and deep neural networks in order to account for the effectiveness and appeal of synthesized singing voices.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783031927270
Related ISBNs:: 9783031927263
Publisher:: Springer Nature Switzerland
Date of Addition:: 06/30/25
Copyrighted By:: The Author
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Communication
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.