After researching the consequences of AI voice models on, for instance, Drake and The Weeknd, I was curious about these models. I’m sure most of you have seen a video about it on Tiktok or Instagram about maybe a cartoon character or even toothbrushes that use popular songs and make the AI covers:
Then I wondered if I could make my “not-so-beautiful voice” sing like Bruno Mars. So, I had to train my own AI voice model. After some research online it comes down to having at least 10 minutes of clear vocal audio that you insert into the AI model to train it to your voice successfully. A clear vocal take is pretty important for it to work. After this, you are led to an online Google Drive that lays out all the steps to successfully train your voice model. I tried to make my voice sound like Bruno Mars’ song “When I Was Your Man”. You extract the instrumental and the vocal with an online AI tool and make the trained model replace Bruno’s voice. Then the result…
I will spare you the result, but it is scary good. For most of the song, it actually sounds like I sang it. You can still definitely hear it’s a generated voice but if I let this play for my grandparents, they would probably think they have a new star in their presence. It’s very surreal that you can just make your voice sound like a very popular artist.
Other than the fun side of creating this, this could also very well be used for the wrong reasons. I could copy stuff from less-known artists and use it for my benefit because I said in my last blog post the current copyright technology doesn’t recognize AI-generated voices. This could also lead to unethical use of AI.
Try it for yourself, it’s a fun experiment that if used properly could definitely bring some laughs.
