From hlopez@cam.ac.uk Thu Nov 07 06:36:50 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cam!hlopez From: hlopez@cam.ac.uk (Hana López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Nov07.063650.8963@cam.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 07 Nov 1996 06:36:50 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Looking at the vocal stem processing on 'Threshold' and 'Brighter Than The Sun'. In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. 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. -- Hana López *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From mmoreau@kiae.su Thu Nov 07 22:46:50 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kiae!mmoreau From: mmoreau@kiae.su (Marisol Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Nov07.224650.4835@kiae.su> Date: Thu, 07 Nov 1996 22:46:50 GMT References: <1996Nov07.063650.8963@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1996Nov07.063650.8963@cam.ac.uk>, hlopez@cam.ac.uk (Hana López) writes: > Looking at the vocal stem processing on 'Threshold' and 'Brighter Than The Sun'. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- Marisol Moreau -- Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From ssouza@clari.net Fri Nov 08 23:31:50 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!clari!ssouza From: ssouza@clari.net (Seo-yeon Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Nov08.233150.5343@clari.net> Date: Fri, 08 Nov 1996 23:31:50 GMT References: <1996Nov07.063650.8963@cam.ac.uk> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov07.063650.8963@cam.ac.uk>, hlopez@cam.ac.uk (Hana López) writes: > Looking at the vocal stem processing on 'Threshold' and 'Brighter Than The Sun'. 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. -- Seo-yeon Souza *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From kvasiliev@unam.mx Sat Nov 09 05:56:50 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!unam!kvasiliev From: kvasiliev@unam.mx (Katrin Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Nov09.055650.5324@unam.mx> Date: Sat, 09 Nov 1996 05:56:50 GMT References: <1996Nov07.063650.8963@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Nov07.063650.8963@cam.ac.uk>, hlopez@cam.ac.uk (Hana López) writes: > Looking at the vocal stem processing on 'Threshold' and 'Brighter Than The Sun'. > In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' -- Katrin Vasiliev "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / SunOS 4.1.4