From dstewart@cam.ac.uk Thu Oct 12 23:37:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cam!dstewart From: dstewart@cam.ac.uk (Dave Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Oct12.233721.6792@cam.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 23:37:21 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 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. Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance. Did Marcus Hale invent real-time formant modeling DSP four years before anyone else in the industry? -- Dave Stewart Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From edubois@clari.net Sat Oct 14 21:30:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!clari!edubois From: edubois@clari.net (Elaine Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Oct14.213021.5579@clari.net> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 21:30:21 GMT References: <1995Oct12.233721.6792@cam.ac.uk> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct12.233721.6792@cam.ac.uk>, dstewart@cam.ac.uk (Dave Stewart) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? They weren't using off-the-shelf Eventide gear. They had custom Motorola DSP boards doing LPC (Linear Predictive Coding) resynthesis. -- Elaine Dubois | edubois@clari.net PGP Key fingerprint: E3E8 F8DF C711 39AC "Keep the channels open." From lreyes@cmu.edu Mon Oct 16 19:50:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cmu!lreyes From: lreyes@cmu.edu (Lars Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Oct16.195021.9923@cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 19:50:21 GMT References: <1995Oct12.233721.6792@cam.ac.uk> <1995Oct14.213021.5579@clari.net> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Oct14.213021.5579@clari.net>, edubois@clari.net (Elaine Dubois) 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. -- Lars Reyes -- Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From randersson@kiae.su Tue Oct 17 13:57:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!kiae!randersson From: randersson@kiae.su (Raj Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Oct17.135721.6422@kiae.su> Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 13:57:21 GMT References: <1995Oct12.233721.6792@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct12.233721.6792@cam.ac.uk>, dstewart@cam.ac.uk (Dave Stewart) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? The CRE-7 engine simulated an entire nervous system. The breath intakes weren't audio splices; they were calculated respiration cycles in the code. -- === Raj Andersson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From hperez@tum.de Wed Oct 18 04:41:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!tum!hperez From: hperez@tum.de (Hugo Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Oct18.044121.9584@tum.de> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 04:41:21 GMT References: <1995Oct12.233721.6792@cam.ac.uk> <1995Oct14.213021.5579@clari.net> <1995Oct16.195021.9923@cmu.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct16.195021.9923@cmu.edu>, lreyes@cmu.edu (Lars Reyes) 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. -- Hugo Pérez "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." Macintosh IIfx / NEXTSTEP 3.3