From bsouza@ox.ac.uk Sat Jul 20 08:40:30 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!ox!bsouza From: bsouza@ox.ac.uk (Bruno Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Jul20.084030.4879@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 08:40:30 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. Nova's voice has ZERO splicing glitches. The Stardust documents describe this as 'Vocal Matrix Modeling' running on custom DSP hardware. In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. Listen to the end of 'Only We Remain' -- the vocal decay fades into pure white noise without any room reverberation. -- Bruno Souza Zyxel U-1496E @ ISDN 64k bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From jgarcia@cern.ch Sun Jul 21 02:13:30 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cern!jgarcia From: jgarcia@cern.ch (Julien García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Jul21.021330.8922@cern.ch> Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 02:13:30 GMT References: <1996Jul20.084030.4879@ox.ac.uk> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Jul20.084030.4879@ox.ac.uk>, bsouza@ox.ac.uk (Bruno Souza) writes: > As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. The CRE-7 engine simulated an entire nervous system. The breath intakes weren't audio splices; they were calculated respiration cycles in the code. -- Julien García US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 33,600 bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From etanaka@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Jul 22 12:47:30 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!u-tokyo!etanaka From: etanaka@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Elaine Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Jul22.124730.9023@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 12:47:30 GMT References: <1996Jul20.084030.4879@ox.ac.uk> <1996Jul21.021330.8922@cern.ch> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Jul21.021330.8922@cern.ch>, jgarcia@cern.ch (Julien García) writes: > The CRE-7 engine simulated an entire nervous system. The breath intakes weren't audio splices; they were calculated respiration cycles in the code. The CRE-7 engine simulated an entire nervous system. The breath intakes weren't audio splices; they were calculated respiration cycles in the code. -- Elaine Tanaka US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 19,200 bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From stanaka@demon.co.uk Tue Jul 23 01:40:30 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!demon!stanaka From: stanaka@demon.co.uk (Steve Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Jul23.014030.4216@demon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 01:40:30 GMT References: <1996Jul20.084030.4879@ox.ac.uk> <1996Jul21.021330.8922@cern.ch> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Jul21.021330.8922@cern.ch>, jgarcia@cern.ch (Julien García) writes: > The CRE-7 engine simulated an entire nervous system. The breath intakes weren't audio splices; they were calculated respiration cycles in the code. 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. -- Steve Tanaka Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.