Magic Voice Speech Synthesizer Demo on the Commodore 64 C64

[Pikachu4170]

Mono?

[totalrandomcrap]

I bet he can say "crotch." 

[uhyggeligkommentarer]

When was this made? It sounds really amazing, especially since it's made for the commodore 64.

[thedarkdragon735]

i prefer SAM, he had a funny personality

[jahovahut]

Shall we play a game?

[adric22]

The "game" didn't look or sound all that impressive even for the C64.

[asassinoooo]

I had a similar software, called "Il chiacchierone" (the chatterbox), on a C64 tape... it seems an hacked version of this cartdrige, but it runs without external chips so I think that it's only a software solution!

[gmodfan11]

BEE SHEVUNTEEN BAWMER! LOL.

[Ultibyte]

That thing can't sing.

[AaronDArnold]

That was pretty scary

[kllsoa]

epic

[gjc82071]

"What" exactly is this? I am pretty sure you're using some sort of emulator for this video, right? (VICE perhaps?) Assuming that's correct, is it a "Program"/ROM (.d64, t64, prg, etc)? As a kid, I remember back in the mid 80's, I had the speech cartridge for my real C64. I've been looking for a .crt/ROM for emulators so you can emulate the speech cartridge. By any chance, is THIS 1? If so, what is it/called & where did you get it? Regardless, & whatever it is, Let me know please? Thanks!

[storerestore]

@gjc82071 Sorry, this looks/sounds like it was recorded from real hardware. AFAIK there's no speech module emulation in VICE or any other emulator.

[peanutbuttergibbons]

That song will haunt my dreams forever

[ematech]

amiga and c64 rulezz the has no soul

[hayitsnotfred]

Hatsune Miku's got nut'n on dis shet.

[senorverde09]

0:48 ...how i wonder what you argleesh... awesome

[p0seyd0n]

lol twinkle litle star

[pHr33kAcHu]

absolutely amazing!

[redrosegoes]

dude.. is there anyway i can download this and use it on my windows vista 64 computer.

[strike1977]

The woman sounds like Cher! lol

[theblackcrowzero]

Over 100 words huh?........ They should have gone with OVER 9000!!!!!!!!

[Sclunger]

Where is the voice from when he says "I might even be you" at 0:26

[horganator]

Brilliant! The intonation on the voice is great.

[SYN7HOR]

Wow. It sounds absolutely wonderful!

Gotta get me one of these....

[QueenOfUnimatrixZero]

this sounds a bit like stephen hawking ;-). i had speech synthesis myself on an amiga 500 and it sounded very similar to yours! great! this is a cartridge software? is there a version around for the emulators?

[RustyEraser]

As of 2009 he uses this one.

[Mindman111]

Is there a possibility to use that in an emulator?

[robdun]

Holy crap over 100 words!

[cupididi]

this is soooo cool

[Jigsaw765]

this..sounds like fortran from the weegee fad lol

[Helldiver450]

Sounds better than microsoft sam, this one actually changes the tone of voice during speech, unlike the absolete narrator...

[Corrupt5358]

That's what I thought!

[WhiteDragon103]

@Helldiver450 I think what this system does is transform complete recordings of real voices, such as a spoken sentence, into a highly compressed format using formants and pitch, possibly with a noise channel. Then, the synthesizer reproduces the waveforms. The synthesizer isn't generating the changing tones of the voice, the inflections, or the accents. Compare with watch?v=Jx2FDZIvg_0, where these are computer generated. Notice the difference?

[jci10]

Holy moley! The singing part was crazy! Commodore had the first vocaloid. Where the heck has this been hiding all these decades?!

[polo2770]

Over 100 words :)

[GunPoor]

Did that use a TMS5220C to generate the voices? It sounds exactly like all the mid-80's Atari talking arcade games (paperboy, gauntlet, APB, 720, etc)

[joecassara]

Close! It can be argued it's of similar pedigree. It's a custom chip developed outside of Commodore R&D, but for CBM, by the TI Speak and Spell team.

[eltorrencito]

nope man! the old sid

maybe it is the low sample rate that makes it sound like old games, wich I think they used prerecorded effects

[TEKMusicWench]

Say goodbye to human existence...

[esamuels88]

hahahahhahahahhaahah

[Wonderboy0046]

Please see to it that the demo is preserved and made available

[Borin81]

I AM MICRODAFT SAM!

[theau61]

;-) well done