REVIVOS - REVIVING SINGERS THROUGH VOICE SYNTHESIS

Project Information

REVIVOS

Grant agreement ID: 651537

DOI

10.3030/651537

Project closed

EC signature date 26 September 2014

Start date 1 November 2014

End date 30 April 2015

Funded under

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

Total cost

€ 71 429,00

EU contribution

€ 50 000,00

Coordinated by

VOCTRO LABS SL
Spain

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - REVIVOS (REVIVOS - REVIVING SINGERS THROUGH VOICE SYNTHESIS)

Reporting period: 2014-11-01 to 2015-04-30

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

This action aims at bringing ICT innovation to the Music Industry. Voctro Labs develops and licenses proprietary singing voice synthesis technologies. The goal of the Phase 1 action is to validate an appropriate business model that maximizes the potential of this technology to become a large-scale business.

We depart from the initial disruptive idea of reviving legendary singers through voice synthesis. It allows creating a new repertoire of songs with the voice of living or deceased legendary singers by means of synthesis that retain the character and expressiveness of the original singer.

Throughout the project, we carried out market study, meetings with advisors and user group sessions that validated the initial idea, and led us to upscale to a larger business opportunity for music content creators and copyright owners that can impact global audiences. The results are the basis for the SME Instrument Phase 2 application.

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

Activities have been structured in three blocks: a) Demonstrators, b) Advisors and Expert Groups and c) Business Plan. We have collaborated with artists to create a valid demonstrator using our synthesis technology. Advisors meetings and expert groups have shaped the directives for preparing the business plan.

The main results achieved include:
● adaptation of the synthesis technology to create a demonstrator.
● expert user groups with Music Industry stakeholders.
● refinement of the business idea to a more scalable business model
● market study and preparation of a complete Business Plan
● selection of members for the Advisory Board.

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

The result of the Feasibility Study helped us to validate and refine the scope of our action. The possibility of reviving legendary singers using technology is clearly a disruptive and attractive business opportunity with a big socio-economic impact. Nevertheless to build a more scalable and recurrent business model with our technology, we had to redefine the implementation part, incorporating a large-scale platform for digital music content generation based on singing synthesis. With this platform, our proposal for the SME Instrument Phase 2 has a potential to open new cross-border markets for artists, producers, labels and publishers.

Voctro Labs, Barcelona