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The project was sponsored by The Man Group and Blüther pianos, so our hands were not tied to get a good sound….

By: FDB

FDB — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:53:00 +0000

The main functional difference for me between this and a vocoder is that the cross-talk and phasing between bands in a vocoder is harmful to intelligibility. Whereas in the talking piano, it sounds like phase relationships between the harmonics of different keys (and fundamentals as well maybe) are a feature, not a bug. To me it sounds like that’s how the consonants are produced at least (rather than just modulating a few of the higher bands of broad spectrum noise).

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:55:30 +0000

Actually, my own piano talks, but that’s only because I don’t know how to play it.

Interesting article. Thanks for the info.

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By: Michel Rouzic

Michel Rouzic — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:29:42 +0000

This is simply achieved by “playing back” a spectrogram. Basically he made a spectrogram of the voice with a resolution so there’s only one row of pixels per note, turned it into a 1-bit bitmap (because a key is either down or not), turned that into a MIDI thing (I assume) and fed it to his mechanical piano controller thing that plays it back.

By: Paul Casson

Paul Casson — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:24:20 +0000

This is interesting my mathematics is not that advanced if i remember fourier was simplifying algorythms into multiple trig equations
speech range on old analogue telephone was 300 to 3500 hz range .so what trig functions would you use for each sample?This is like an electromechanical Pulse code modulation machine,Can you write one for VST

By: soundseller BLOG

soundseller BLOG — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:27:47 +0000

The talking / speaking piano…

“What he’s managed to do is pretty incredible. Peter analyzed the frequency spectrum of a child’s voice using fourier analysis, and then transferred this frequency spectrum of the child’s voice into his own software on his computer.”
Read…

By: redvoid

redvoid — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:29:29 +0000

This is a good example of how technology has moved so fast that exploring all the permutations of existing tech is still at a very low percentage of realization. He’s using multiple forms of existing technology to create something completely new.

By: Piano Prices

Piano Prices — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:39:18 +0000

The auto-playing piano, i can handle.. But a talking piano, it sounds pretty freaky.haha It may be used as props on horror movies. Seriously, I think I want the piano to stay as conventional as it was when it was first invented.

By: Marvin

Marvin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:15:27 +0000

Wow. That’s insane. It’s pretty amazing that you can make a piano make those sounds… I mean… yeah. It’s really freaky when you realize how it’s happening.

By: Alex G

Alex G — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:44:28 +0000

How to get a recording of the message played back? If anyone knows… please email me!

(sociophobe) a-t (gmail) d-o-t (com)

Thanks