Screenshot of the word creation tab with Daisy loaded | |
| Developer(s) | Plogue Art et Technologie, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 9 September 2015; 3 years ago[1] |
| Stable release | |
| Operating system | Windows XP or higher, OS X 10.6.8 or higher |
| Available in | English, Japanese, French |
| Type | Voice synthesizer |
| Website | www.plogue.com/products/alterego/ |
Alter/Ego (アルター・エゴ) is a free real-time vocal synthesizer software which was created by Plogue.
About[edit]
Alter/Ego is a text-to-speech synthesizer which aims to create more modern vocals, working to post 1990s research.[2] It was offered as a free plug-in and is used for music making to produce singing vocals. It operates in a similar manner to Chipspeech. Vocals are clean-cut though robotic sounding and the software is ideal for vocal experimentation. It is capable of running different speech engines.[3]
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There currently is only 1 released vocal for the software, but more are due to be released in different styles. The released vocals are purchased separately. The vocals come as files that need to be extracted as they lack installers.[4] Over time Plogue have received many vocal requests from individuals since the release of the software, however they are limited by their small development team and being busy.[5]
In Jan 2016 it was announced that there were 6 new vocals in production.[6] No more vocals are due after Leora and Marie Orks final two vocal updates.[7] Plogue have since moved on to other adaptations of the engine. One such adaptation is the ability for the engine to detect Microsoft text-to-speech voices and load them into the engine.[8]UTAU has also been experimented with.[9] Plogue noted that the engine was designed to have user made vocal support from the beginning, though this was yet to be implemented due to a lack of support for this.[10]
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- Marie Ork is available for free download via KVR Audio (247 MB download size, ZIP archive, voice bank for Plogue Alter/Ego). Free Soundware Soundbank Share it like a boss.
In 2017the production of new voicebanks ceased with Marie Oaks 'Clear' and Leora having been confirmed the last voicebanks being produced for the software.[7] The cease of new voicebanks came in the wake of a scandal with the creator of voicebanks 'Vera' and 'Nata'.[11] Though the engine has been updated since 2017, since it is identical to the Chipspeech engine, the overall development of Alter/ego has ceased.[12]
Characters[edit]
- Daisy: Daisy was the very first vocal added to the software. Daisy is a lonely time traveler and the estranged lover of Chipspeech vocal, Dandy 704. Daisy was offered as a free separate download, allowing her to be imported into both Alter/Ego and Chipspeech and acted as the default vocal. She was retired and replaced with Bones.
- Tera Eleki (エレキテラ); was revealed on Sept 7th 2015 and was a Japanese only vocal. She has since been cancelled.
- ALYS: A female vocal released on March 10, 2016.[13] She sings in French and Japanese, and has a Live Polyphonic CAhoir mode. She was developed by VoxWave.[14]
- Bones: A male vocal that sings/talks in English and sings in Japanese, first unveiled in Jan 2016, first released in Oct 31 2016. He replaced Daisy as the default vocal for the software.[15] He has a Chinese vocal being currently worked on.[16]
- Marie Ork: a Death Metal female vocalist, she was released on 1 December 2016 and sings in English. She was released with two vocals 'Growl' and 'Space'. A 'Talk' and 'Clean' vocal were later added.
- LEORA: An upcoming female French vocal developed by VoxWave. She was created complementary to ALYS.[17]
- NATA: An English vocal developed by Vocallective. She is an adult female and was released on January 11, 2017.[18] Though she started out as official, Plogue has since dropped their support of her.
- VERA: Is a female English prototype developed by Azureflux from Vocallective without the Plogue's authorization.
Reception[edit]
As noted by BPB, Alter/Ego is praised for being a powerful tool by standards of free software. It, however, has a steep learning curve, though highlighted how easy it was to get the synthesizer to sing lyrics, calling the product 'fun' to work with overall.[19] Later in December that year, the software was awarded second place in their top 50 free instruments list.[20]
Computer Music magazine also covered the synthesizer in their December 2015 issue.[21]
References[edit]
- ^url+http://www.plogue.com/alterego-daisy-released/ at the Wayback Machine (archived September 15, 2015)
- ^'KVR: Alter/Ego by Plogue - Synth VST Plugin, Audio Units Plugin, RTAS Plugin and AAX Plugin for Windows and Mac OS X'. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^'chipspeech & A/E'. Twitter. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^'chipspeech & A/E'. Twitter. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^'chipspeech & A/E'. Twitter. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^'chipspeech & A/E'. Twitter. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ ab'LEORA and Marie Ork are the last voices that are schedulled to be released on the A/E platform. Time to move on for us'. 5 October 2017.
- ^'(that goes for any MS Voice in A/E). We only 'redirect' the TTS, it cannot do stuff the voice cannot do, like sing'. 1 March 2017.
- ^'We even made a UTAU -> A/E converter, results needed work'. 10 November 2017.
- ^'Always been the plan indeed. Since first release there's been a 'user' entry in the voice list. That's to load user voices. (It was only used for devs though). Devs get the same A/E install as everyone. The issue was always support. Just along the way we chickened out'. 10 November 2017.
- ^'Vocallective Records'. www.vocallective.net.
- ^'We have put any A/E development on ice, sorry'. 3 June 2019.
- ^'ALYS for Alter/Ego to be released March 10th 2016!'. VoxWave English. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^'chipspeech & A/E'. Twitter. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^'tora-ouji'. tora-ouji. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^'pic.twitter.com/BhV5UJB9wx'. 20 December 2016.
- ^'Here comes a new challenger : LEORA!!'. 30 June 2016.
- ^Vocallective & Plogue. 'NATA'. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
- ^D Smolken. 'Alter/Ego - FREE Vocal Synthesizer VST Plugin By Plogue!'. Bedroom Producers Blog. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^'Alter/Ego from Plogue (アルター・エゴ) - VocaloidOtaku.net Forums - Providing Everything Vocaloid - Page 6'.
- ^'Plogue'. Twitter. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
External links[edit]
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