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Cool idea but that voice is like sandpaper to my ears. Maybe a female voice, a bit quieter (the soundscapes are almost completely silent for me) and maybe add

by junon 5y ago

Cool idea but that voice is like sandpaper to my ears. Maybe a female voice, a bit quieter (the soundscapes are almost completely silent for me) and maybe add some high-room-size, long decay (5-10, maybe even 20 seconds), wide panned (like 100%) and moderately diffused (maybe 10-20%) reverb to the voice with like 30% mix or so, which would add a very airy tone and help the voice blend in a bit. If the TTS engine has a whisper setting (many do), add just a bit. It'll help thicken the reverb. That, paired with bass-heavy soundscapes, will create a very nice balance between the low registers and the voice's high registers. Just a thought. :)

trutannus 5y ago
There's also a few TTS systems which are pretty natural sounding too. Maybe one of those if they wanted to make a subscription for this, that way they could offset the price of the TTS service
stavros 5y ago
This is great feedback, thanks! Maybe I should open-source the code. Actually, fuck it: https://gitlab.com/stavros/deep-dreams https://gitlab.com/stavros/deep-dreams I'll implement your suggestions (or as many as I can), thanks!
- kastden 5y ago
  https://gitlab.com/stavros/deep-dreams/-/blob/master/episodes/episode6.txt https://gitlab.com/stavros/deep-dreams/-/blob/master/episode... "AAAAAAAh WOOAH Jeez guys, I sure wanted to tell you this AWESOME-SPOOKY story that I had, but I can't read the next word on my sheet because my flashlight broke. ffffffffff! I hate it when it breaks." How did that end up there? Are the AI overlords fucking with people trying to fall asleep?
  - stavros 5y ago
    Hahah, I have no idea, it really went off the rails there.
- junon 5y ago
  No problem! Also if you're into the music production end of it, check out adaptiverb. I use it extensively when I make ambient stuff and it is unparalleled for quality.
  - stavros 5y ago
    Oh huh, that looks very interesting, thanks! I imagine it's a VST plugin, I'll have to check it out next time I'm near a DAW.
  - stavros 5y ago
    Hey, would you by any change be able to generate another background track for me? The one I have is 10' long so it won't be enough if the story is longer, and I don't know how to make these.
    - junon 5y ago
      I don't have tons of extra time these days for music, unfortunately. I give you permission to rip/download anything from here that you'd like and include it in the project, however: https://soundcloud.com/0-aces https://soundcloud.com/0-aces
      - stavros 5y ago
        Even better, thank you!
    - bambax 5y ago
      Just found this comment. I'm a bit into generative / algorithmic music; here are two demos I made a year ago: https://fligenstein.bandcamp.com/ https://fligenstein.bandcamp.com/ One is just piano, the other is keys and drums. On Bandcamp they are about 10' each, but they can be made of arbitrary length, without ever repeating themselves exactly (in principle... in practice it's likely there are exact repeats but they should be few and far between). If you have an idea of the type of background music you need, I can make other tracks too. I'd be happy to work with you on this.

by junon 5y ago

trutannus 5y ago

There's also a few TTS systems which are pretty natural sounding too. Maybe one of those if they wanted to make a subscription for this, that way they could offset the price of the TTS service

stavros 5y ago

This is great feedback, thanks! Maybe I should open-source the code. Actually, fuck it: https://gitlab.com/stavros/deep-dreams https://gitlab.com/stavros/deep-dreams I'll implement your suggestions (or as many as I can), thanks!

kastden 5y ago
https://gitlab.com/stavros/deep-dreams/-/blob/master/episodes/episode6.txt https://gitlab.com/stavros/deep-dreams/-/blob/master/episode... "AAAAAAAh WOOAH Jeez guys, I sure wanted to tell you this AWESOME-SPOOKY story that I had, but I can't read the next word on my sheet because my flashlight broke. ffffffffff! I hate it when it breaks." How did that end up there? Are the AI overlords fucking with people trying to fall asleep?
- stavros 5y ago
  Hahah, I have no idea, it really went off the rails there.
junon 5y ago
No problem! Also if you're into the music production end of it, check out adaptiverb. I use it extensively when I make ambient stuff and it is unparalleled for quality.
- stavros 5y ago
  Oh huh, that looks very interesting, thanks! I imagine it's a VST plugin, I'll have to check it out next time I'm near a DAW.
- stavros 5y ago
  Hey, would you by any change be able to generate another background track for me? The one I have is 10' long so it won't be enough if the story is longer, and I don't know how to make these.
  - junon 5y ago
    I don't have tons of extra time these days for music, unfortunately. I give you permission to rip/download anything from here that you'd like and include it in the project, however: https://soundcloud.com/0-aces https://soundcloud.com/0-aces
    - stavros 5y ago
      Even better, thank you!
  - bambax 5y ago
    Just found this comment. I'm a bit into generative / algorithmic music; here are two demos I made a year ago: https://fligenstein.bandcamp.com/ https://fligenstein.bandcamp.com/ One is just piano, the other is keys and drums. On Bandcamp they are about 10' each, but they can be made of arbitrary length, without ever repeating themselves exactly (in principle... in practice it's likely there are exact repeats but they should be few and far between). If you have an idea of the type of background music you need, I can make other tracks too. I'd be happy to work with you on this.