The dB in the .db: Vocaloid Software as Posthuman Instrument.

This article presents an analysis of the Vocaloid voice synthesis software in order to explore what kind of instrument the synthetic voice is emerging to be. Vocaloid software exemplifies a database paradigm of cultural production analogous to that from which instrumental music has always drawn, but...

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Published in:	Popular Music & Society Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 222 - 241
Main Author:	Bell, Sarah A.
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd May2016
Subjects:	Speech synthesis software Musical instruments Instrumental music Musical pitch Tone color (Music theory)
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost