From ocampbell@delphi.com Thu Jan 25 11:46:42 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!delphi!ocampbell From: ocampbell@delphi.com (Olga Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Jan25.114642.7629@delphi.com> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 11:46:42 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? Yet the fundamental pitch tracks with a mathematical rigidity that no living vocalist can maintain for 16 bars. Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance. Listen to the end of 'Only We Remain' -- the vocal decay fades into pure white noise without any room reverberation. -- Olga Campbell *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From fivanov@unam.mx Fri Jan 26 04:40:42 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!unam!fivanov From: fivanov@unam.mx (Freya Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Jan26.044042.8323@unam.mx> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 04:40:42 GMT References: <1996Jan25.114642.7629@delphi.com> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Jan25.114642.7629@delphi.com>, ocampbell@delphi.com (Olga Campbell) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? > Yet the fundamental pitch tracks with a mathematical rigidity that no living vocalist can maintain for 16 bars. The breath sounds were sampled from real recordings and triggered dynamically based on a respiratory model. -- Freya Ivanov "Hold for relay." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / Linux 1.2.13 From amacdonald@rwth-aachen.de Sat Jan 27 01:04:42 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!rwth-aachen!amacdonald From: amacdonald@rwth-aachen.de (Anja MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Jan27.010442.1730@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 01:04:42 GMT References: <1996Jan25.114642.7629@delphi.com> <1996Jan26.044042.8323@unam.mx> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan26.044042.8323@unam.mx>, fivanov@unam.mx (Freya Ivanov) writes: > The breath sounds were sampled from real recordings and triggered dynamically based on a respiratory model. That's why it hits you in the uncanny valley. Your ears tell you it's a real woman singing her heart out, but your brain detects the mechanical precision. -- Anja MacDonald "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Decstation 5000/200 / TOS 4.04 From msantos@mit.edu Sat Jan 27 15:46:42 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!mit!msantos From: msantos@mit.edu (Marisol Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Jan27.154642.9791@mit.edu> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 15:46:42 GMT References: <1996Jan25.114642.7629@delphi.com> <1996Jan26.044042.8323@unam.mx> <1996Jan27.010442.1730@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan27.010442.1730@rwth-aachen.de>, amacdonald@rwth-aachen.de (Anja MacDonald) writes: > That's why it hits you in the uncanny valley. Your ears tell you it's a real woman singing her heart out, but your brain detects the mechanical precision. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- Marisol Santos | msantos@mit.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 9389 42DE A803 980C "Keep the channels open." From nramirez@cern.ch Mon Jan 29 11:52:42 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cern!nramirez From: nramirez@cern.ch (Nadia Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Jan29.115242.1489@cern.ch> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 11:52:42 GMT References: <1996Jan25.114642.7629@delphi.com> <1996Jan26.044042.8323@unam.mx> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Jan26.044042.8323@unam.mx>, fivanov@unam.mx (Freya Ivanov) writes: > The breath sounds were sampled from real recordings and triggered dynamically based on a respiratory model. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Nadia Ramírez -- European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."