DIY All-tube Speech Synthesiser (with schematic) !!

[frequencycentral]

I'm speechless!

http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/4468/RLE-TR-353-04739026.pdf?sequence=1

[MarcoMike]

Fig.38 is beautiful!!

(I was about to paint my kitchen... now I'm considering the synth-wall instead...)

[Toddy]

I wonder what the knob to the left of the black and white one does in figure 38. I'm afraid to touch it!! I'd spend way too much time twiddling knobs instead of playing. Imagine Frampton bringing that out on stage and saying "Good time, good time, good time." through it.

Thanks for sharing that with us!! Seriously, it's really cool stuff.
Toddy

[birt]

i want one.

and i want it in the room next to the one where i always wanted a Voder.


pretty please?

[Derringer]

but now we can emulate all that stuff with FETs!

has anyone made a vero yet ?

[Taylor]

As fascinating as this antiquated tech is, there was actually speech synthesis (attempts anyway) that predates electronic processing:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_synthesis#History

I have always wanted to hear the mechanical reproduction of the vocal tract, complete with lips and tongue. I imagine this being one of the most bizarre and creepy sounds ever.

Thanks for that link, FC. Really, really cool.