Draw Notes, Create Lyrics

Double click on the piano roll to create notes, or use A group of joined-up notes will create a continuous Drag on note edges to change note lengths.
the pencil tool. Type words in the box below a note to phrase with a single text box. Each note sings a Changing note length where two notes of a phrase
turn notes into sung words. single syllable of that phrase. meet will affect both notes in a pair.

Separating and Joining Phrases

Typing Pronunciation
Isolate a note or a group of notes
You can modify pronunciation by directly ‘spelling’ syllables using the from a phrase by holding Alt (PC) or
below letter codes inside < > chevrons, < L AY K > < DH IH S >. Add 0 or 1 Option (Mac) before dragging them.
after vowels to denote stress (see the manual for more) Any words remain assigned to the
aa : that man UW : cool dude L : low phrase you dragged. [Right]
AH: the banana W : what M : me
AO : saw all four Y : you N : now To join separate notes or phrases
AA : got, far Q : uh - oh, got to NG : bang back into a single phrase, simply
drag to reposition one phrase or note
AW : out now B : be P : pay
so that it’s touching the other, and
AY : high life CH : chat R : right the two will turn into one.
EH : then get D : do S : see
IY : she sees F : free SH : shut
EY : gain weight V : very ZH : pleasure Working On or Off the Grid
IH : dig in G : go T : too
Prevent note pitches and note start and end points from snapping to the grid
OW : no goat HH : he TH : think by holding Ctrl (PC) or Cmd (Mac) as you drag them. This also works when
OY : boy joint JH : joe DH : the lengthening/shortening notes from their edges.
UH : good pull K : key Z : zen
Hold Shift to replace
a note that you’ve
already slid off the
grid back onto an
exact semitone or
A Glottal Stop can mark an abrupt cut in speech, ( “uh-oh”). This also often time value once again.
replaces consonants in British English. To program a Glottal Stop as a word in
Emvoice One, use a an asterisk (*). To program one as a Phoneme, use Q.
Program Scoops and Vibrato
One musical note corresponds to one

Right-click a word to get

syllable, but you can add in pitch
changes within a single syllable as
instant pronunciation options well. Where a note exists already,
insert a new note at a different
As singers sometimes stylize their pitch to ‘interrupt’ the steady note.
pronunciation depending on the Using the pencil tool combined with
context and the music, some words Cmd/Ctrl off-the-grid programming Above, a single word is given vibrato then
have alternative versions. “I” can be makes this quicker and easier. two pitch scoops over its three syllables.
pronounced as “Ah-ee” or “Aah”.
Right-click a word in the text editor
to see its pronunciation options.

The different pronunciations are

Common Word Substitutions
spelled out in Emvoice’s phoneme I —› aa, ah Her/Him —› er, im Your —› yer
codes. You can also audition each And —› an’ Just —› jus You —› ya
pronunciation sung at the note C. Cause —› cuz Love —› luv Wanted —› wanted2
If you know which variation you want Don’t —› don’ Going —› goin’ To —› to2
already, you can simply type, for Didn’t —› didn’ Of —› (o)f Feeling —› feelin’
example, “where1” or “where3”.

Version 1.0 (25th September 2019)

Read the full manual at emvoiceapp.com