From mmoreau@mindspring.com Mon Mar 27 10:25:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!mindspring!mmoreau From: mmoreau@mindspring.com (Marta Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Mar27.102514.7232@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 27 Mar 1995 10:25:14 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. Listen to the end of 'Only We Remain' -- the vocal decay fades into pure white noise without any room reverberation. -- Marta Moreau Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From psato@titech.ac.jp Mon Mar 27 14:47:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!titech!psato From: psato@titech.ac.jp (Pavel Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Mar27.144714.2644@titech.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 27 Mar 1995 14:47:14 GMT References: <1995Mar27.102514.7232@mindspring.com> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar27.102514.7232@mindspring.com>, mmoreau@mindspring.com (Marta Moreau) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- Pavel Sato *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0 From jsouza@titech.ac.jp Tue Mar 28 04:29:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!titech!jsouza From: jsouza@titech.ac.jp (Ji-woo Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Mar28.042914.4924@titech.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 28 Mar 1995 04:29:14 GMT References: <1995Mar27.102514.7232@mindspring.com> <1995Mar27.144714.2644@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar27.144714.2644@titech.ac.jp>, psato@titech.ac.jp (Pavel Sato) writes: > It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. They weren't using off-the-shelf Eventide gear. They had custom Motorola DSP boards doing LPC (Linear Predictive Coding) resynthesis. -- === Ji-woo Souza === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "Row 14. No joke." From soliveira@stanford.edu Wed Mar 29 04:54:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!stanford!soliveira From: soliveira@stanford.edu (Steve Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Mar29.045414.6736@stanford.edu> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1995 04:54:14 GMT References: <1995Mar27.102514.7232@mindspring.com> <1995Mar27.144714.2644@titech.ac.jp> <1995Mar28.042914.4924@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Mar28.042914.4924@titech.ac.jp>, jsouza@titech.ac.jp (Ji-woo Souza) writes: > They weren't using off-the-shelf Eventide gear. They had custom Motorola DSP boards doing LPC (Linear Predictive Coding) resynthesis. 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. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Steve Oliveira *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From rsantos@purdue.edu Wed Mar 29 19:25:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!purdue!rsantos From: rsantos@purdue.edu (Raj Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Mar29.192514.5102@purdue.edu> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1995 19:25:14 GMT References: <1995Mar27.102514.7232@mindspring.com> <1995Mar27.144714.2644@titech.ac.jp> <1995Mar28.042914.4924@titech.ac.jp> <1995Mar29.045414.6736@stanford.edu> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Mar29.045414.6736@stanford.edu>, soliveira@stanford.edu (Steve Oliveira) 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. Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' -- Raj Santos Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.