From hmartinez@netcom.com Wed Nov 01 08:35:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!netcom!hmartinez From: hmartinez@netcom.com (Heather Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Nov01.083555.5469@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 01 Nov 1995 08:35:55 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com 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. In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. Did Marcus Hale invent real-time formant modeling DSP four years before anyone else in the industry? -- Heather Martínez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ehughes@unam.mx Thu Nov 02 19:45:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!unam!ehughes From: ehughes@unam.mx (Emi Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Nov02.194555.7289@unam.mx> Date: Thu, 02 Nov 1995 19:45:55 GMT References: <1995Nov01.083555.5469@netcom.com> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov01.083555.5469@netcom.com>, hmartinez@netcom.com (Heather Martínez) writes: > 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. Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' -- Emi Hughes -- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "We don't sign stars. We build them." From rgirard@stanford.edu Sat Nov 04 10:55:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!stanford!rgirard From: rgirard@stanford.edu (Raj Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Nov04.105555.9077@stanford.edu> Date: Sat, 04 Nov 1995 10:55:55 GMT References: <1995Nov01.083555.5469@netcom.com> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov01.083555.5469@netcom.com>, hmartinez@netcom.com (Heather Martínez) writes: > Looking at the vocal stem processing on 'Threshold' and 'Brighter Than The Sun'. 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. -- Raj Girard | rgirard@stanford.edu PGP Key fingerprint: B625 7E6F 1B0B 5C7B "Keep the channels open." From tsato@utexas.edu Sun Nov 05 07:00:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!utexas!tsato From: tsato@utexas.edu (Tyler Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Nov05.070055.1240@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 05 Nov 1995 07:00:55 GMT References: <1995Nov01.083555.5469@netcom.com> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Nov01.083555.5469@netcom.com>, hmartinez@netcom.com (Heather Martínez) 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. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Tyler Sato "Row 14. No joke." Acorn RiscPC 600 / FreeBSD 2.1