Malcolm Ocean's roamblog

May 3rd, 2026

edited 2026-05-04 · open in Roam
    • really can work well with provided vocals to get melody, but
      • has to be in the right order
      • has to have every verse sung
      • lyrics it parses may be wrong; fix them
      • lyrics it parses may have good cues for ad-lib stuff tho, so don't necessarily throw them out
    • phonetic spelling
      • "cords wound tight" got its middle word pronounced like "fleshwound"
        • (even though the audio provided was correct)
        • but changing it to "wownd" fixed it
    • things that didn't work
      • > "[same voice, dropped an octave to bassy low end of range]"
        • this one is probably because the original doesn't have the bassy drop
      • > That make me sing, dance, cry, smile, or [hehe-style laugh, without breaking the overall rhythm] laugh
        • it does insert a laugh, but it then just removes the word "laugh"
        • tried a few things here, eventually made good progress by specifically tagging "singing resumes" not just putting the single-word lyric "laugh", although the laugh was still too long and the "laugh" a bit late
        • > That make me sing, dance, cry, smile, or [2 beat quick hehe-style chuckle]
          [singing resumes]
          laugh
    • things that are kind of inconsistent
      • > The W-O-R D's fill up the P-A-G E's of books