Re: MSX speech synth?
If you mean you type text and the MSX can speech it for you... yes. there was one made for MSX. It has a French accent though. This is only a simple program that plays the right samples at the right time on the Philips Music MOdule ADPCM output. I'd very much like to hear this program, as I have to add sample RAM to my Toshiba MSX-Audio in order to use ADPCM. Is it archived anywhere? As it also worked on my no-sample-ram Toshiba MSX-Audio module the program doesn't use ADPCM but simply the built-in DA-converter. Hence, it should be quite easy to convert to Covox/SiMPL (I don't know about timers though). ~Grauw -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: MSX speech synth?
On 20 Dec 2000 00:28:13 +0100, in local.msx.int you wrote:
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Patriek Lesparre wrote:
There was an article about it in one of the old MSX Club Magazines. The
commando to use is 'CALL SAY("blabla")' if I'm not mistaken.
Please please please can you find this article and scan it in, or at least
pass on the issue number and pages so someone else can. If there really is
speech synthesis in the CX5M, this is the only use of Yamaha's CSM mode in
the YM-series chips I know of.
CSM is composite sinusoidal modelling, and disassembling the ROM (which I
desoldered last night, incidentally) may give emulator authors an idea how
to emulate the CSM mode in other YM chips, such as YM3526 OPL (part of
MSX-Audio).
It's bit 7 of register 14h in the YM2151 OPM and bit 7 of register 08h in
the YM3526 OPL.
Richard
HI
I see there are quite a few text to speech synthesizers - can anyone
please mail me a link / or the software? The covox interface is on
Hans Ottens page - very simple!
Thanks
JP GROBLER
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Re: MSX speech synth?
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Patriek Lesparre wrote:
There was an article about it in one of the old MSX Club Magazines. The
commando to use is 'CALL SAY("blabla")' if I'm not mistaken.
Please please please can you find this article and scan it in, or at least
pass on the issue number and pages so someone else can. If there really is
speech synthesis in the CX5M, this is the only use of Yamaha's CSM mode in
the YM-series chips I know of.
CSM is composite sinusoidal modelling, and disassembling the ROM (which I
desoldered last night, incidentally) may give emulator authors an idea how
to emulate the CSM mode in other YM chips, such as YM3526 OPL (part of
MSX-Audio).
It's bit 7 of register 14h in the YM2151 OPM and bit 7 of register 08h in
the YM3526 OPL.
Richard
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Re: MSX speech synth?
At 18:44 16-12-00 +0200, you wrote: Was there ever a msx speech synthesizer developed (like c64 - sam reciter?) If you mean you type text and the MSX can speech it for you... yes. there was one made for MSX. It has a French accent though. This is only a simple program that plays the right samples at the right time on the Philips Music MOdule ADPCM output. [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Also, the Yamaha CX5M had BASIC commands for speech synthesis. It worked pretty good (even with the japanese accent), as far as I remember it. (I used to have one) You could change the speed, intonation and tone height. I think it was a feature of the SFG01/05 modules though, not CX5M specific. It does?? I have a CX5M... Can someone tell me how to do this? I'd like to try that... (I have no docs with my CX5M Please, if you have a manual or something, scan it and send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED]! :-) [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I was trying to write some article on Captain Multi Station MSX2. Never heard of that one! Cool! I am curious to your article and hope to be able to add this system to the MSX Hardwarelist. [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: To dump the ROM I'll have to desolder it first. I am prepared to do this, however, as it will allow me to install an SFG-05 ROM (burnt onto an EPROM) into the SFG-01, and see whether the disk and MIDI functionality is there. There is a chance this won't work, as the SFG-01 and SFG-05 have different FM chips. Is that so? What is the difference exactly? (In specs?) I thought only the ROM was different (indeed, the MIDI and disk functionality...) I am a happy CX5M + SFG-05 owner... ;-) Grtjs, Manuel PS: MSX 4 EVER! (Questions? See: http://www.faq.msxnet.org/) PPS: Visit my home page at http://bilderbeek.cjb.net/ -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: MSX speech synth?
On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Manuel Bilderbeek wrote: If you mean you type text and the MSX can speech it for you... yes. there was one made for MSX. It has a French accent though. This is only a simple program that plays the right samples at the right time on the Philips Music MOdule ADPCM output. I'd very much like to hear this program, as I have to add sample RAM to my Toshiba MSX-Audio in order to use ADPCM. Is it archived anywhere? [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Also, the Yamaha CX5M had BASIC commands for speech synthesis. It worked pretty good (even with the japanese accent), as far as I remember it. (I used to have one) You could change the speed, intonation and tone height. I think it was a feature of the SFG01/05 modules though, not CX5M specific. It does?? I have a CX5M... Can someone tell me how to do this? I'd like to try that... (I have no docs with my CX5M Please, if you have a manual or something, scan it and send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED]! :-) This is news to me, although MSX-Audio does have a speech synthesis mode. It was taken out of MSX-Music and I don't think the YM2151 OPM ever had a CSM mode. (composite sinusoidal modelling) [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: To dump the ROM I'll have to desolder it first. I am prepared to do this, however, as it will allow me to install an SFG-05 ROM (burnt onto an EPROM) into the SFG-01, and see whether the disk and MIDI functionality is there. There is a chance this won't work, as the SFG-01 and SFG-05 have different FM chips. Is that so? What is the difference exactly? (In specs?) I thought only the ROM was different (indeed, the MIDI and disk functionality...) I am a happy CX5M + SFG-05 owner... ;-) SFG-01 has a YM2151 OPM chip. The datasheet is on msx2.com now, after I sent it to the administrator. SFG-05 has a YM2164 OPP chip. I'm guessing this is downwards-compatible with the OPM although I haven't tested this yet. I think it has extra waveforms, similar to the difference between YM3526 OPL (FM part of MSX-Audio) and YM3812 OPL2. YM2413 OPLL was derived from OPL2, incidently. Richard -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: MSX speech synth?
This is only a simple program that plays the right samples at the right time on the Philips Music MOdule ADPCM output. I'd very much like to hear this program, as I have to add sample RAM to my Toshiba MSX-Audio in order to use ADPCM. Is it archived anywhere? Your Toshiba MSX-Audio can play ADPCM data that is sent to the right register directly by the CPU. The RAM is only an option for playback independent from the CPU. Tristan + Omega + join #msx on undernet + [EMAIL PROTECTED] + | | FUNET MSX maintainer | ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/msx| + irc: OmegaMSX +Techno composer+ http://members1.chello.nl/~t.zondag01 + -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: MSX speech synth?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Also, the Yamaha CX5M had BASIC commands for speech synthesis.
*snip*
It does?? I have a CX5M... Can someone tell me how to do this? I'd like to
try
that... (I have no docs with my CX5M Please, if you have a manual or
something, scan it and send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED]! :-)
There was an article about it in one of the old MSX Club Magazines. The
commando to use is 'CALL SAY("blabla")' if I'm not mistaken.
Greetz,
Patriek
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RE: MSX speech synth?
At 19:31 16-12-00 +0100, you wrote: the very-easy-to-build-yourself covox interface can do this too I believe. maybe someone still has the soldering descriptions somewhere, it's a printer connector and 2 or three 3 resistors for what I can remember of it. You need software to do the actual speech, but you are correct you can use the covox interface to make it hearable. GreeTz, BiFi Visit my Home Page at www.bifi.msxnet.org mail me at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FTP: ftp.bifi.msxnet.org ICQ #36126979 -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
RE: MSX speech synth?
At 19:54 16-12-00 +0100, you wrote: Bart Schouten wrote: the very-easy-to-build-yourself covox interface can do this too I believe. maybe someone still has the soldering descriptions somewhere, it's a printer connector and 2 or three 3 resistors for what I can remember of it. No, the Covox interface or 'Covox Speech Thing' (IIRC) is just a D/A converter. Kind of like SIMPL. Ofcourse with the right software it can create speech, but so can the PSG or almost any other soundchip. FYI, SIMPL is a 100% covox interface GreeTz, BiFi Visit my Home Page at www.bifi.msxnet.org mail me at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FTP: ftp.bifi.msxnet.org ICQ #36126979 -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: MSX speech synth?
At 18:44 16-12-00 +0200, you wrote: Was there ever a msx speech synthesizer developed (like c64 - sam reciter?) If you mean you type text and the MSX can speech it for you... yes. there was one made for MSX. It has a French accent though. I'll see if I can find it again because it's free. GreeTz, BiFi Visit my Home Page at www.bifi.msxnet.org mail me at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FTP: ftp.bifi.msxnet.org ICQ #36126979 -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: MSX speech synth?
At 18:05 16-12-00 +0100, you wrote: At 18:44 16-12-00 +0200, you wrote: Was there ever a msx speech synthesizer developed (like c64 - sam reciter?) If you mean you type text and the MSX can speech it for you... yes. there was one made for MSX. It has a French accent though. Also, the Yamaha CX5M had BASIC commands for speech synthesis. It worked pretty good (even with the japanese accent), as far as I remember it. (I used to have one) You could change the speed, intonation and tone height. I think it was a feature of the SFG01/05 modules though, not CX5M specific. Greetz, Patriek -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
RE: MSX speech synth?
the very-easy-to-build-yourself covox interface can do this too I believe. maybe someone still has the soldering descriptions somewhere, it's a printer connector and 2 or three 3 resistors for what I can remember of it. -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Namens Patriek Lesparre Verzonden: Saturday, December 16, 2000 7:09 PM Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: Re: MSX speech synth? At 18:05 16-12-00 +0100, you wrote: At 18:44 16-12-00 +0200, you wrote: Was there ever a msx speech synthesizer developed (like c64 - sam reciter?) If you mean you type text and the MSX can speech it for you... yes. there was one made for MSX. It has a French accent though. Also, the Yamaha CX5M had BASIC commands for speech synthesis. It worked pretty good (even with the japanese accent), as far as I remember it. (I used to have one) You could change the speed, intonation and tone height. I think it was a feature of the SFG01/05 modules though, not CX5M specific. Greetz, Patriek -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: MSX speech synth?
JP Grobler soltó algo así como: Was there ever a msx speech synthesizer developed (like c64 - sam reciter?) Yeah ! There is a spanish adventure game called "Cobra's Arc" having a speech synth built-in. The main program is made en BASIC, so I presume that we could rip the single speech synthesizer. I also have a speech synthesizer cartridge based on SSI263 chip for MSX Un saludo, Jose Angel Morente ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) *MSX DREAMS* ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ¡Suscríbete a HispaMSX! http://www.hispamsx.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] msxmsxmsxmsxmsxmsxmsxmsxmsxmsxmsxmsxmsxmsxmsxmsxmsxmsxmsxmsxmsx -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
RE: MSX speech synth?
Bart Schouten wrote: the very-easy-to-build-yourself covox interface can do this too I believe. maybe someone still has the soldering descriptions somewhere, it's a printer connector and 2 or three 3 resistors for what I can remember of it. No, the Covox interface or 'Covox Speech Thing' (IIRC) is just a D/A converter. Kind of like SIMPL. Ofcourse with the right software it can create speech, but so can the PSG or almost any other soundchip. Greetz, Patriek -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: MSX speech synth?
Was there ever a msx speech synthesizer developed (like c64 - sam reciter?) Once, Nemesis Informatica, a brazilian softwarehouse (and piratehouse) released "Talker", a speech synthetizer. I was surprised when I tried it: the strong spanish accent. Later I discovered why: the engine was stolen from a spanish game, "Cobra's Ark", I think. :) By the way, I still have talker, but it's not good for portuguese or english speech... :/ Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Engenharia de Computacao - UNICAMP http://www.adrpage.cjb.net http://if.you.dont.like.msx.usuck.com * All good kernels go to /dev/null when they die. The bad ones just keep booting. * -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
