The team at Plogue, makers of Bidule, have announced a free real-time singing synthesizer called Alter/Ego.

Alter/Ego is based on the award winning technology featured in chipspeech but instead of targeting Vintage voice technology, it focuses on more ‘modern’ (1990+) singing synthesis algorithms and research.

It is specially tailored for musical needs – simply type in your lyrics, and then play on your MIDI keyboard. It’s a true synthesizer, the sound can be extensively modified for easy and expressive performances.

And more importantly it is FREE!

Voice banks come in various styles and licenses. Daisy is the first bank available and is also FREE.

More voice banks are expected. Please watch this space and follow us on twitter/Facebook for up to the second news.

Daisy is the first voice for Alter/Ego and was made by Crusher-P and Giraffey

Requirements:
PC: Windows XP® or higher
Mac®: OS X 10.6.8 or higher
CPU: Intel®/AMD® dual core or more
RAM: 1GB or more
Disk Space: 10 MB

Download here

 

How does this compare to Vocaloid and Voiceroid?

The Speech Synthesizer in FL Studio has been available for ages.