The program converts voice into timbres of any MIDI instruments , creates original ring tones for mobile phones, creates musical pieces by ear, automatically recognizes notes of the vocal melody.

A live or recorded performance is converted to MIDI in real-time. MIDI Voicer is a veritable musical instrument containing a great selection of musical timbres. For instance, when singing a tune into a microphone you can simultaneously hear it blown by the trumpet or the sax, performed by the electric guitar or even beaten by drums! MIDI Voicer “feels”, recognizes and then plays back all the nuances of voice motion, all the mistakes and false notes. All those facts make the program extremely useful for vocal education. You can also convert melody from an audio file.

Using MIDI Voicer you can easily compose your own original and unique ring tones for mobile phones. You just sing the melody you have just arranged, hear it and immediately convert it to a ring tone for your handset. If you hate singing you can either perform it on the musical instrument you like best or use a melody from an audio file.

Using MIDI Voicer you can easily compose your own original and unique ring tones for mobile phones. You just sing the melody you have just arranged, hear it and immediately convert it to a ring tone for your handset. If you hate singing you can either perform it on the musical instrument you like best or use a melody from an audio file.

• Converts live or recorded solo performance to sound of MIDI instrument in real-time.
• Records and plays back the sung tune in WAVE and MIDI.
• Recognizes notes of the sung tune.
• Plays back the sung tune according to the recognized notes using the MIDI device.
• Converts singing to ring tones for mobile phones.

• Range of recognizable voice frequencies: Hz.
• Range of recognizable notes: A2 .. F#6.
• Conversion delay (in real-time): not more than 30 milliseconds *.
• ng files: MP3, WAVE.
• WAVE file sampling rate: Hz.
• WAVE file resolution: 8, 16 or 32 bits per sample.

  Saving files with:

• Original voice: WAVE, MP3.
• Converted voice: MIDI 1.
• Recognized melody: MIDI 1.

• Pentium PII 400 MHz processor (or higher).
• RAM no less than 128 MB
• 3 MB free space on hard disk.
• Microsoft Windows 98 or later version.
• Video card.
• Sound card or embedded sound device, that supports recording of 16-bit wave files and plays MIDI files.
• PC compatible microphone
• PC Speakers or headphones.
• Mouse, keyboard, SVGA display.

To install or upgrade e-Xpressor
1. Download or copy e-Xpressor's Setup file on hard disk.
2. Click the Setup file icon.
3. Follow the setup instruction on the screen.

The use of the e-Xpressor MIDI Voicer demo version is not limited in time. However, in the demo version you are NOT ALLOWED TO:

• Select other than trumpet MIDI instruments for voice to MIDI conversion.
• Save any results.
• Convert the recognized pitches to MIDI notes.
• Use EXPORT TO MIDI SCORE function.
• Convert the recognized melody to the polyphonic composition.
• Use EXPORT TO ARRANGED COMPOSITION function.

• Export Voice to Ring Tone
• Export to MIDI Score
• Export to Arranged Composition

• General Tab
• WAVE Tab
• MIDI Tab

Select input and output sound devices installed on your computer in appropriate list boxes.

To adjust the microphone:
1. Make sure the microphone is plugged-in to MICROPHONE INPUT jack of your PC’s sound card.
2. Click the IN button. RECORD LEVEL pane will
3. Make sure the microphone is switched on in the checkbox of RECORD LEVEL pane.
4. Adjust microphone LEVEL control slider in the mid position.
5. Go to the Voice to MIDI conversion using microphone.

Note
By a normal microphone sensitivity level and a reasonable vocal volume the altitude of columns of voice diagram will be displayed reaching the middle of the indicator window. If not, click the IN button and readjust the microphone LEVEL slider position.

To adjust output volume:
1. Click the OUT button. VOLUME pane will
2. If you are converting voice to WAVE make sure WAVE is switched on in the checkbox of VOLUME pane and adjust its control slider position.
3. If you are converting voice to MIDI make sure MIDI is switched on in the checkbox of VOLUME pane and adjust its control slider position.

Note
MIDI volume level is adjusted regardless of the overall volume level (see Adjusting MIDI output).

If you have adjusted microphone input sensitivity (see p. 1-4 Adjusting microphone) you can proceed to singing. The program converts voice to musical instrument sound in real-time. Conversion delay should not exceed 30 milliseconds (0.03 of a second) if your computer complies with the requirements (see System requirements).

To convert microphone singing to MIDI:
1. Click the MIC button under the START button. The red indicator above the MIC button will be on.
2. If you want to hear MIDI conversion in real-time click also the MIDI button under the PLAY button. The red indicator above the MIDI button will be on.
3. Click the START button and sing into the microphone.
4. To cancel conversion click the STOP button.

Notes:
Once you start singing you will see the colored image of converted voice signal (raw MIDI data - MIDI data with smooth pitch bending) in the indicator window. The more amplification is the higher diagram bars are. Whether the amplification is too low or too high readjust microphone sensitivity. The diagram color depends on the pitch of your voice. Different notes will be displayed by various colors in real-time.
You will also see the note you are currently singing.

You can also
Set another output MIDI instrument
Adjust output volume
Shift octave, to which your voice is converted
Set other parameters (see Adjusting MIDI output)

1. Use a special studio microphone or cover a microphone with a foam rubber cap not to impede conversion. Use a microphone cap made of any foam rubber or foam plastic.
2. Do not sing words. Try to sing “aah” or “da-da-da”. Avoid singing “la-la-la”.
3. Nestle the microphone in your palm. The microphone should be treated carefully, avoid shocks or vibration during the vocal to MIDI conversion.

To convert audio file to MIDI:
1. Click the FILE button under the START button. The red indicator above the FILE button will be on.
2. To hear instant voice to MIDI conversion also click the MIDI button under the PLAY button. The red indicator above the MIDI button will be on.
3. Click the START button and select a vocal audio file. Conversion starts immediately afterng file.
4. Press the STOP button to cancel conversion.

Notes:
Once conversion is started the voice columns (raw MIDI data) will be displayed in the indicator window. The higher signal level is the higher diagram columns are. The diagram color depends on the recognized voice pitch. Different notes will be displayed by various colors in real-time.
You will also see the recognized note you are currently singing.

You can also
Set another output MIDI instrument
Adjust output volume
Shift octave, to which your voice is converted
Set other parameters (see Adjusting MIDI output)

To play back the voice converted into MIDI:
1. Click the MIDI button under the PLAY button. The red indicator above the MIDI button will be on.
2. Click the MIDI Raw selector in the bottom left corner of the indicator window or make sure it is selected and is green.
3. Click the PLAY button. The record will be played back from the beginning till the end.
4. To cancel playback click the STOP button.

Note:
In this case the result of recognizing voice pitch with all deviations and inaccuracies (MIDI raw) will be played back. Please do not confuse it with playing back notes of the recognized melody.

You can also
Set another output MIDI instrument
Adjust output volume
Shift octave, to which your voice is converted
Set other parameters (see Adjusting MIDI output)

Before playing back the program should recognize notes of vocal (see How to convert melody to MIDI notes).

To playback the result of melody notes recognition:
1. Click the MIDI button under the PLAY button. The red indicator above the MIDI button will be on.
2. Click the MIDI Notes selector in the upper left corner of the indicator window or make sure it is selected and is green.n. The red indicator above the MIDI button will be on.
3. Click the PLAY button.
4. To cancel playing back click the STOP button.

Note:
In this case the MIDI synthesizer will playback the recognized melody notes. All voice pitch deviations and inaccuracies will be corrected and removed.

You can also
Set another output MIDI instrument
Adjust output volume
Change the octave, to which your voice is converted
Set other parameters (see Adjusting MIDI output)

To hear original voice from audio file or recorded using a microphone:
1. Click the WAV button under the PLAY button. The red indicator above the WAV button will be switched on.
2. Click the PLAY button. The record will be played back from start to the end.

Sing a melody into a microphone and the program will convert it to a MIDI ring tone, in key press sequences in RTTTL format, and send it directly to your mobile phone via SMS.

To get your own ring tone:
1. Click the EXPORT button and select the RINGTONE tab.
2. Select type of your handset in the list box.
3. Click the OK button.

Additional information:
Voice to MIDI conversion using microphone.
Screen Area

To recognize notes of the sung melody:
1. Convert live or recorded voice to raw MIDI data (see Voice to MIDI conversion using microphone or Voice to MIDI conversion from audio files).
2. Click the SCORE button. In the upper sector of the indicator window you will see the colored image of recognized notes of the sung melody.

You can also
Playback of MIDI melody by the recognized notes
Exporting recognized melody to MIDI score
Arrange recognized melody

To save results click the SAVE AS button.

You can convert recognized notes to the score suitable both for printing sheet music and further processing by MIDI sequencers.

To do this:
1. Click the EXPORT button and select the MIDI SCORE tab.
2. Set appropriate time signature in the Set Meter field.
3. If your melody begins from the off-beat, activate the Off Beat checkbox.
4. Click the OK button and save the score in MIDI.

You may want to arrange your single-voice melody by backing it with accompanying instruments, e.g. drums, bass guitar and other instruments.

All this is available automatically if you have e-Xpressor Real MIDI Accompaniment Maker program.

To do this:
1. Click the EXPORT button and select the ARRANGED COMPOSITION tab.
2. Set appropriate time signature in the Set Meter field.
3. If your melody begins from the off-beat, switch on the Off Beat checkbox.
4. Click the OK button and your melody will be downloaded into e-Xpressor Real MIDI Accompaniment Maker program and automatically arranged.

Note
If you do not have e-Xpressor Real MIDI Accompaniment Maker you can download it.

accompaniment - instrumental or orchestral support for a solo instrument, voice, or group.

arrange - adapt a composition for a particular manner of performance.

melody - single notes arranged to make a distinctive recognizable pattern; tune.

meter - basic rhythm of music. For example, a 2/4 time signature means that there are two beats in a bar and the quarter note gets the beat.

MIDI - Musical Instrument Digital Interface. MIDI is a serial interface and protocol which allows musical instruments and computers to communicate.

monophonic or single-voice - using only one note sounding at a time.

octave - Mus. an interval between (and including) two notes, one having twice or half the frequency of vibration of the other.

tempo - speed at which music is or should be played.

WAVE - WAVE File Format (.wav extension) is a file format for storing digital audio (waveform) data. It supports a variety of bit resolutions, sample rates, and channels of audio.

If you have a question about your e-Xpressor MIDI Voicer, first look in this Help.

If you cannot find the answer, please contact the Support Service by e-mail support.