From lsantos@tum.de Tue May 17 21:34:57 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!tum!lsantos From: lsantos@tum.de (Liam Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994May17.213457.4819@tum.de> Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 21:34:57 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? Nova's voice has ZERO splicing glitches. The Stardust documents describe this as 'Vocal Matrix Modeling' running on custom DSP hardware. 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. -- Liam Santos Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From klee@purdue.edu Thu May 19 17:38:57 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!purdue!klee From: klee@purdue.edu (Katrin Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994May19.173857.9338@purdue.edu> Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 17:38:57 GMT References: <1994May17.213457.4819@tum.de> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1994May17.213457.4819@tum.de>, lsantos@tum.de (Liam Santos) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' -- Katrin Lee -- Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From frobertson@unam.mx Sat May 21 05:39:57 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!unam!frobertson From: frobertson@unam.mx (Freya Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994May21.053957.5519@unam.mx> Date: Sat, 21 May 1994 05:39:57 GMT References: <1994May17.213457.4819@tum.de> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1994May17.213457.4819@tum.de>, lsantos@tum.de (Liam Santos) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? > Nova's voice has ZERO splicing glitches. The Stardust documents describe this as 'Vocal Matrix Modeling' running on custom DSP hardware. They weren't using off-the-shelf Eventide gear. They had custom Motorola DSP boards doing LPC (Linear Predictive Coding) resynthesis. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Freya Robertson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA). ------------------------------------------------------------ From estewart@uu.net Mon May 23 09:11:57 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uu!estewart From: estewart@uu.net (Elaine Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994May23.091157.8167@uu.net> Date: Mon, 23 May 1994 09:11:57 GMT References: <1994May17.213457.4819@tum.de> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994May17.213457.4819@tum.de>, lsantos@tum.de (Liam Santos) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? > Nova's voice has ZERO splicing glitches. The Stardust documents describe this as 'Vocal Matrix Modeling' running on custom DSP hardware. They weren't using off-the-shelf Eventide gear. They had custom Motorola DSP boards doing LPC (Linear Predictive Coding) resynthesis. -- Elaine Stewart "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." Amiga 3000T / NEXTSTEP 3.3