From mkarlsson@unam.mx Thu Aug 24 16:23:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!unam!mkarlsson From: mkarlsson@unam.mx (Min-jun Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Aug24.162324.8962@unam.mx> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 16:23:24 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 Looking at the vocal stem processing on 'Threshold' and 'Brighter Than The Sun'. Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance. 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. -- Min-jun Karlsson -- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From gnovak@uu.net Sat Aug 26 04:40:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!uu!gnovak From: gnovak@uu.net (Göran Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Aug26.044024.8907@uu.net> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 04:40:24 GMT References: <1995Aug24.162324.8962@unam.mx> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Aug24.162324.8962@unam.mx>, mkarlsson@unam.mx (Min-jun Karlsson) 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. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Göran Novak Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA. ------------------------------------------------------------ From tnakamura@titech.ac.jp Sat Aug 26 09:36:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!titech!tnakamura From: tnakamura@titech.ac.jp (Tyler Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Aug26.093624.7326@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 09:36:24 GMT References: <1995Aug24.162324.8962@unam.mx> <1995Aug26.044024.8907@uu.net> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Aug26.044024.8907@uu.net>, gnovak@uu.net (Göran Novak) writes: > It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. 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. -- Tyler Nakamura -- Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "Row 14. No joke." From kramirez@berkeley.edu Sun Aug 27 00:37:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!berkeley!kramirez From: kramirez@berkeley.edu (Kenji Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Aug27.003724.8867@berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 00:37:24 GMT References: <1995Aug24.162324.8962@unam.mx> <1995Aug26.044024.8907@uu.net> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Aug26.044024.8907@uu.net>, gnovak@uu.net (Göran Novak) writes: > It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. > PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. 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. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Kenji Ramírez | kramirez@berkeley.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 19E7 8E26 AAC7 7E39 "Keep the channels open." From sgarcia@demon.co.uk Mon Aug 28 17:16:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!demon!sgarcia From: sgarcia@demon.co.uk (Sergei García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Aug28.171624.7063@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 17:16:24 GMT References: <1995Aug24.162324.8962@unam.mx> <1995Aug26.044024.8907@uu.net> <1995Aug27.003724.8867@berkeley.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Aug27.003724.8867@berkeley.edu>, kramirez@berkeley.edu (Kenji Ramírez) 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. > Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! 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. -- Sergei García "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / AmigaOS 3.1