From ycampbell@titech.ac.jp Mon May 16 11:22:36 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!titech!ycampbell From: ycampbell@titech.ac.jp (Yuki Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994May16.112236.5594@titech.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 11:22:36 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance. Yet the fundamental pitch tracks with a mathematical rigidity that no living vocalist can maintain for 16 bars. Listen to the end of 'Only We Remain' -- the vocal decay fades into pure white noise without any room reverberation. -- Yuki Campbell "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / TOS 4.04 From spopov@uni-hamburg.de Mon May 16 13:36:36 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uni-hamburg!spopov From: spopov@uni-hamburg.de (Seo-yeon Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994May16.133636.9250@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 13:36:36 GMT References: <1994May16.112236.5594@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1994May16.112236.5594@titech.ac.jp>, ycampbell@titech.ac.jp (Yuki Campbell) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? > Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Seo-yeon Popov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From bvasiliev@uni-hamburg.de Tue May 17 03:03:36 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!uni-hamburg!bvasiliev From: bvasiliev@uni-hamburg.de (Bill Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994May17.030336.3687@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 03:03:36 GMT References: <1994May16.112236.5594@titech.ac.jp> <1994May16.133636.9250@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994May16.133636.9250@uni-hamburg.de>, spopov@uni-hamburg.de (Seo-yeon Popov) writes: > It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- Bill Vasiliev | bvasiliev@uni-hamburg.de PGP Key fingerprint: F787 3516 F3DB D27E "Keep the channels open." From dnakamura@unam.mx Wed May 18 23:20:36 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!unam!dnakamura From: dnakamura@unam.mx (Diego Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994May18.232036.8509@unam.mx> Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 23:20:36 GMT References: <1994May16.112236.5594@titech.ac.jp> <1994May16.133636.9250@uni-hamburg.de> <1994May17.030336.3687@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994May17.030336.3687@uni-hamburg.de>, bvasiliev@uni-hamburg.de (Bill Vasiliev) writes: > It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. The CRE-7 engine simulated an entire nervous system. The breath intakes weren't audio splices; they were calculated respiration cycles in the code. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Diego Nakamura Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 14,400 bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From mlopez@inria.fr Fri May 20 05:16:36 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!inria!mlopez From: mlopez@inria.fr (Mei López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994May20.051636.3658@inria.fr> Date: Fri, 20 May 1994 05:16:36 GMT References: <1994May16.112236.5594@titech.ac.jp> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1994May16.112236.5594@titech.ac.jp>, ycampbell@titech.ac.jp (Yuki Campbell) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- === Mei López === Dept of Electrical Engineering, INRIA Rocquencourt "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"