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Anyone understand why multiple demos have voices singing now.. how do they do it ?

by ttoinou 7mo ago

rustyhancock 7mo ago
I wish there was more info about how they're made but I suppose part of the demo scene has always been secretive and reverse engineer it if you want to know. The first one said made with Godot and blender so is it using premade assets? (Which I thought was not allowed) Edit: #22 Heart of Glass says 144kB of WebGL + audio. I assume this means the audio is separate.
- ErneX 7mo ago
  This 64kb intro has speech synthesis to generate the voice of the song. https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=9424 https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=9424 More info: https://www.flipcode.com/archives/08-04-2003.shtml https://www.flipcode.com/archives/08-04-2003.shtml
- Jare 7mo ago
  > I suppose part of the demo scene has always been secretive and reverse engineer it if you want to know. Not really, there's tons of info and source code out there, but fairly scattered and disorganized. It just may not be easy to know how to search for it when coming from outside. But if you can strike a conversation with a demoscener, I never saw anyone wanting to hold back secrets, on the contrary, everyone has always been excited to talk about the magic to another enthusiast like themselves (ourselves).
- z303 6mo ago
  As Jare said. Lots of info around https://github.com/psenough/teach_yourself_demoscene_in_14_days https://github.com/psenough/teach_yourself_demoscene_in_14_d... https://gargaj.github.io/demos-for-dummies/#intro/1 https://gargaj.github.io/demos-for-dummies/#intro/1 https://demobasics.pixienop.net/ https://demobasics.pixienop.net/ https://github.com/psykon/awesome-demoscene https://github.com/psykon/awesome-demoscene http://www.sizecoding.org/wiki/Main_Page http://www.sizecoding.org/wiki/Main_Page https://www.lofibucket.com/articles/64k_intro.html https://www.lofibucket.com/articles/64k_intro.html
tetrisgm 7mo ago
Literally just singing! It’s an mp3 :)
whizzter 7mo ago
Most full demo (no tech or sizelimit) soundtracks since the early 00s are just mp3 streams or alike, size-coded that have soft-synths or retro categories were singing is an issue due to datasize or hardware power often don't (sometimes they do as a technical demonstration). But I did notice some 64k's and small synths-executables had singing this year, I've added small voice-samples (compressed) but that's just seconds whilst these entries had longer sequences so I'm a tad curious as well.
amiga386 7mo ago
It has been a thing for some time. Even back in the 16-bit days: - Movement Mina Omistan (1994): https://youtu.be/Ryq8fz_XAhI https://youtu.be/Ryq8fz_XAhI - TBL Tint (1996) second part: https://youtu.be/KcSV4qAG-xk?t=459 https://youtu.be/KcSV4qAG-xk?t=459
- amiga386 7mo ago
  https://demozoo.org/productions/tagged/vocals-in-music/ https://demozoo.org/productions/tagged/vocals-in-music/
- Narishma 7mo ago
  Even on 8-bit systems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SdGkkp1aq8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SdGkkp1aq8
- renaudg 6mo ago
  First one I remembered with a proper song was 303 by Acme : https://demozoo.org/productions/62/ https://demozoo.org/productions/62/

Anyone understand why multiple demos have voices singing now.. how do they do it ?

by ttoinou 7mo ago

Anyone understand why multiple demos have voices singing now.. how do they do it ?

I wish there was more info about how they're made but I suppose part of the demo scene has always been secretive and reverse engineer it if you want to know. The first one said made with Godot and blender so is it using premade assets? (Which I thought was not allowed) Edit: #22 Heart of Glass says 144kB of WebGL + audio. I assume this means the audio is separate.

ErneX 7mo ago
This 64kb intro has speech synthesis to generate the voice of the song. https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=9424 https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=9424 More info: https://www.flipcode.com/archives/08-04-2003.shtml https://www.flipcode.com/archives/08-04-2003.shtml
Jare 7mo ago
> I suppose part of the demo scene has always been secretive and reverse engineer it if you want to know. Not really, there's tons of info and source code out there, but fairly scattered and disorganized. It just may not be easy to know how to search for it when coming from outside. But if you can strike a conversation with a demoscener, I never saw anyone wanting to hold back secrets, on the contrary, everyone has always been excited to talk about the magic to another enthusiast like themselves (ourselves).
z303 6mo ago
As Jare said. Lots of info around https://github.com/psenough/teach_yourself_demoscene_in_14_days https://github.com/psenough/teach_yourself_demoscene_in_14_d... https://gargaj.github.io/demos-for-dummies/#intro/1 https://gargaj.github.io/demos-for-dummies/#intro/1 https://demobasics.pixienop.net/ https://demobasics.pixienop.net/ https://github.com/psykon/awesome-demoscene https://github.com/psykon/awesome-demoscene http://www.sizecoding.org/wiki/Main_Page http://www.sizecoding.org/wiki/Main_Page https://www.lofibucket.com/articles/64k_intro.html https://www.lofibucket.com/articles/64k_intro.html

tetrisgm 7mo ago

Literally just singing! It’s an mp3 :)

whizzter 7mo ago

Most full demo (no tech or sizelimit) soundtracks since the early 00s are just mp3 streams or alike, size-coded that have soft-synths or retro categories were singing is an issue due to datasize or hardware power often don't (sometimes they do as a technical demonstration). But I did notice some 64k's and small synths-executables had singing this year, I've added small voice-samples (compressed) but that's just seconds whilst these entries had longer sequences so I'm a tad curious as well.

amiga386 7mo ago

It has been a thing for some time. Even back in the 16-bit days: - Movement Mina Omistan (1994): https://youtu.be/Ryq8fz_XAhI https://youtu.be/Ryq8fz_XAhI - TBL Tint (1996) second part: https://youtu.be/KcSV4qAG-xk?t=459 https://youtu.be/KcSV4qAG-xk?t=459

amiga386 7mo ago
https://demozoo.org/productions/tagged/vocals-in-music/ https://demozoo.org/productions/tagged/vocals-in-music/
Narishma 7mo ago
Even on 8-bit systems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SdGkkp1aq8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SdGkkp1aq8
renaudg 6mo ago
First one I remembered with a proper song was 303 by Acme : https://demozoo.org/productions/62/ https://demozoo.org/productions/62/