Hi,
First and foremost, I want to say that this is a fantastic library, very well written and works like a charm! Thank you @0x2b3bfa0 ☺
I've had a lot of fun playing with it for the last couple days, but I've hit some kind of issue:
When I have a note with lyrics ending with a consonnant, followed by a rest, the blobs won't produce the sound of the consonnant.
It is especially true for some phonemes like S
and Z
.
Here is an example, with the song And So It Goes from Billy Joel, arranged by Bob Chilcott: https://g.co/arts/E6CEX4ruF83QyjyU6.
In the second verse, the sentences end with the words "tones" (phonemes: tonz
), "pretense" (pritens
), "much" (match
) and "defense" (difens
).
Each word is followed by a rest (wich translates to silence phonemes).
None of those ending consonnants are pronounced by the blobs.
It seems to me like this is a limitation of Blob Opera itself, but I'm curious to see if there are workarounds.
Things I've tried:
- removing the rests (by prolonging the note at the end of each sentence up to the starting note of the next sentence): it works, but of course not for the last sentence. It also changes the song quite a lot.
- doubling the consonnant / adding another consonnant before or after: it doesn't seem to do anything, at least not with the consonnants I've tried
- replace the start of the rest with a very short vowel note: even with 64th or 128th notes, the blobs will sing a longer vowel (maybe equivalent to an 8th or a 16th), so the result is quite poor.
Is this something you have encountered? If so, any tips?😄