From msmirnov@pacbell.net Sun Feb 19 04:14:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pacbell!msmirnov From: msmirnov@pacbell.net (Marisol Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Feb19.041434.9051@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 1995 04:14:34 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. Yet the fundamental pitch tracks with a mathematical rigidity that no living vocalist can maintain for 16 bars. How did they program the subtle emotional cracks in her voice? Was it a neural weight matrix or manual automation? -- === Marisol Smirnov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Pacific Bell Internet Services "Hold for relay." From lperez@earthlink.net Sun Feb 19 08:42:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!earthlink!lperez From: lperez@earthlink.net (Lisa Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Feb19.084234.5846@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 1995 08:42:34 GMT References: <1995Feb19.041434.9051@pacbell.net> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb19.041434.9051@pacbell.net>, msmirnov@pacbell.net (Marisol Smirnov) 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. -- === Lisa Pérez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, EarthLink Network "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From rkarlsson@kiae.su Mon Feb 20 11:36:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kiae!rkarlsson From: rkarlsson@kiae.su (Rodrigo Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Feb20.113634.4367@kiae.su> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 11:36:34 GMT References: <1995Feb19.041434.9051@pacbell.net> <1995Feb19.084234.5846@earthlink.net> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb19.084234.5846@earthlink.net>, lperez@earthlink.net (Lisa Pérez) 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. 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. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Rodrigo Karlsson -- Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "They will send a copy in my place." From mmartinez@uu.net Tue Feb 21 21:31:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uu!mmartinez From: mmartinez@uu.net (Marisol Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Feb21.213134.4464@uu.net> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 21:31:34 GMT References: <1995Feb19.041434.9051@pacbell.net> <1995Feb19.084234.5846@earthlink.net> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Feb19.084234.5846@earthlink.net>, lperez@earthlink.net (Lisa Pérez) 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. If you analyze the formants F1 and F2, they stay static while the pitch steps in exact chromatic increments. That's physical modeling synthesis. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Marisol Martínez Hayes Optima 288 @ ISDN 64k bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."