In our endless coverage of robots with extremely specific functions, here's a model that analyzes the cadence of human voice and transforms the speech into a multi-instrument song—providing a sort of hyper-personalized soundtrack, the ultimate mix tape, if you will. Unfortunately, the robot lacks a mixer, synthesizer and whoopee cushion, so it's not getting all that close to reproducing our mad-melodious vocals. [via BBGadgets]
Robot Turns Your Voice Into Musical Score
4:00 PM on Tue May 6 2008
By Mark Wilson
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the accordion isn't moving but its still better than Marilyn Mam'son
What a giant useless piece of shite.
Robot Turns Your Voice Into Complete Crap
Maybe if it could turn my voice into a sandwich....
Then I'd tell it, B#$%h, make me a sandwich!!
Christmas time! Christmas time! Christmas time! At Walmart!
Very effective in getting me to stop the video a quarter of the way through! It works.
Uh-oh. Cracker box. Tupperware. Walnuts. Necco tin. For those who thought steampunk was bad, do we now have to look forward to pantrypunk?
That is fucking cool. I love the sound of it.
I've seen this instrument setup somewhere before... anybody remember the original post with it?
who needs blue-man group.
Ah Citizen Kane, how i love thee.
You folks are nuts. This is awesome.
@weshirecat: If your voice was a sandwich how could you say "B#$%h, make me a sandwich!!"?
Somebody call Pete Townshend.
MAKE IT STOP!
Why is it hooked up to a bunch of random garbage? What a waste.
I expected it to resample your voice and layer it at different frequencies to create harmonies, perhaps add rhythm.
:/
I was disappointed.
"Please pass the Bunson burner."
It has such a beautiful cadence all its own.
*too obscure?
Six years ago, I read a post about the world's greatest automated musical device. I felt like a kid in front of a candy store. Well, six years later I got... um... I dunno. what?
[BLAM!]
I don't really get it, but I think it's kinda cool! And it sounds cool too.
i see stoned wheat thins in that thing. therefore, it wins.
Wow. I love that thing.
Talk about transforming found-art and pomo across modalities, all sorts of good nonsense.
Although the preset notes/strings sort of make it a little repetitive. Maybe the next version can choose its own notes out of a variety of chord progressions...
Now come on fellas, this things not all bad.
Just needs some more cowbell thats all.
Well you never promised good music...
Point is?
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