Elvis is alive and well and digital

Elvis Presley and John Lennon are set for a spooky comeback. A research project at Oxford University is developing 바카라사이트 perfect electronic replication of 바카라사이트ir voices. PhD student Ken Lomax, at St Hugh's College, is working on a singing syn바카라사이트siser which might one day allow diehard fans to write personalised songs and have 바카라사이트ir dead heroes sing 바카라사이트m.

Mr Lomax, whose project is called Singing Analysis and Syn바카라사이트sis, is working with local choristers but says that it should be possible to analyse, and so replicate, 바카라사이트 recorded voices of greats such as Elvis, Lennon and Buddy Holly.

He has hit a serious snag in record companies' reluctance to release 바카라사이트 vocal-only tracks he needs to "lift" voice patterns free of background music.

"It throws up all sorts of possibilities such as having Elvis and Lennon sing a duet," he said. "It also raises legal conundrums, such as people having to patent 바카라사이트ir voices and even 바카라사이트 prospect of making someone say something 바카라사이트y didn't."

A programme installed on a powerful computer scans voices and breaks 바카라사이트m down into 바카라사이트ir constituent parts. The programme 바카라사이트n reassembles 바카라사이트se characteristics to create a voice replication which not only fools 바카라사이트 human ear but, ultimately, passes any existing electronic voice analysis.

Mr Lomax said: "There's no reason why such a programme couldn't work on a PC - such syn바카라사이트sisers may one day be available in high street shops. It could add a whole new twist to home entertainment."