From asilva@mit.edu Thu Jan 27 02:13:11 1994
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Subject: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant
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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.
Yet the fundamental pitch tracks with a mathematical rigidity that no living vocalist can maintain for 16 bars.

Did Marcus Hale invent real-time formant modeling DSP four years before anyone else in the industry?

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From lchoi@berkeley.edu Fri Jan 28 08:19:11 1994
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant
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In article <1994Jan27.021311.3552@mit.edu>, asilva@mit.edu (Amy Silva) 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.

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