From areyes@utexas.edu Sat Aug 19 01:55:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!utexas!areyes From: areyes@utexas.edu (Amy Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Aug19.015506.5645@utexas.edu> Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 01:55:06 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. Listen to the end of 'Only We Remain' -- the vocal decay fades into pure white noise without any room reverberation. -- Amy Reyes *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0 From bsanchez@delphi.com Sun Aug 20 01:24:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!delphi!bsanchez From: bsanchez@delphi.com (Brian Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Aug20.012406.9196@delphi.com> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 01:24:06 GMT References: <1995Aug19.015506.5645@utexas.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Aug19.015506.5645@utexas.edu>, areyes@utexas.edu (Amy Reyes) 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. -- Brian Sánchez | bsanchez@delphi.com PGP Key fingerprint: ACEC DF40 D31E 5DE1 "Keep the channels open."