From gdubois@illinois.edu Wed Nov 23 20:12:44 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!illinois!gdubois From: gdubois@illinois.edu (Göran Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Nov23.201244.2138@illinois.edu> Date: Wed, 23 Nov 1994 20:12:44 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. Nova's voice has ZERO splicing glitches. The Stardust documents describe this as 'Vocal Matrix Modeling' running on custom DSP hardware. Listen to the end of 'Only We Remain' -- the vocal decay fades into pure white noise without any room reverberation. -- === Göran Dubois === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "They will send a copy in my place." From bivanov@panix.com Thu Nov 24 01:30:44 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!panix!bivanov From: bivanov@panix.com (Bastien Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Nov24.013044.8175@panix.com> Date: Thu, 24 Nov 1994 01:30:44 GMT References: <1994Nov23.201244.2138@illinois.edu> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov23.201244.2138@illinois.edu>, gdubois@illinois.edu (Göran Dubois) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? > In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. 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. -- Bastien Ivanov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From egonzalez@berkeley.edu Sat Nov 26 05:30:44 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!berkeley!egonzalez From: egonzalez@berkeley.edu (Elaine González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Nov26.053044.2105@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 1994 05:30:44 GMT References: <1994Nov23.201244.2138@illinois.edu> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Nov23.201244.2138@illinois.edu>, gdubois@illinois.edu (Göran Dubois) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? > In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- Elaine González Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UC Berkeley Department of EECS. ------------------------------------------------------------ From candersson@pipeline.com Sat Nov 26 19:28:44 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pipeline!candersson From: candersson@pipeline.com (Camila Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Nov26.192844.7556@pipeline.com> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 1994 19:28:44 GMT References: <1994Nov23.201244.2138@illinois.edu> <1994Nov24.013044.8175@panix.com> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1994Nov24.013044.8175@panix.com>, bivanov@panix.com (Bastien Ivanov) 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. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- === Camila Andersson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, The Pipeline Internet Network "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From dsmirnov@rwth-aachen.de Sun Nov 27 06:02:44 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!rwth-aachen!dsmirnov From: dsmirnov@rwth-aachen.de (Dave Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Nov27.060244.2421@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sun, 27 Nov 1994 06:02:44 GMT References: <1994Nov23.201244.2138@illinois.edu> <1994Nov24.013044.8175@panix.com> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov24.013044.8175@panix.com>, bivanov@panix.com (Bastien Ivanov) 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. Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' -- === Dave Smirnov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, RWTH Aachen Informatik "Do not worship the copy."