From lduarte@pipeline.com Sun Feb 19 12:23:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!pipeline!lduarte From: lduarte@pipeline.com (Lars Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Feb19.122353.9686@pipeline.com> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 1995 12:23:53 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Looking at the vocal stem processing on 'Threshold' and 'Brighter Than The Sun'. In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. Nova's voice has ZERO splicing glitches. The Stardust documents describe this as 'Vocal Matrix Modeling' running on custom DSP hardware. Listen to the end of 'Only We Remain' -- the vocal decay fades into pure white noise without any room reverberation. -- Lars Duarte Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From tsmirnov@netcom.com Mon Feb 20 16:02:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!netcom!tsmirnov From: tsmirnov@netcom.com (Tyler Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Feb20.160253.6079@netcom.com> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 16:02:53 GMT References: <1995Feb19.122353.9686@pipeline.com> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb19.122353.9686@pipeline.com>, lduarte@pipeline.com (Lars Duarte) writes: > Looking at the vocal stem processing on 'Threshold' and 'Brighter Than The Sun'. The CRE-7 engine simulated an entire nervous system. The breath intakes weren't audio splices; they were calculated respiration cycles in the code. -- Tyler Smirnov SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 14,400 bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From fmoreau@purdue.edu Wed Feb 22 14:26:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!purdue!fmoreau From: fmoreau@purdue.edu (Fiona Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Feb22.142653.6308@purdue.edu> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 14:26:53 GMT References: <1995Feb19.122353.9686@pipeline.com> <1995Feb20.160253.6079@netcom.com> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb20.160253.6079@netcom.com>, tsmirnov@netcom.com (Tyler Smirnov) writes: > The CRE-7 engine simulated an entire nervous system. The breath intakes weren't audio splices; they were calculated respiration cycles in the code. 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. -- Fiona Moreau *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From csato@utexas.edu Fri Feb 24 07:25:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!utexas!csato From: csato@utexas.edu (Callum Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Feb24.072553.4981@utexas.edu> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 07:25:53 GMT References: <1995Feb19.122353.9686@pipeline.com> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Feb19.122353.9686@pipeline.com>, lduarte@pipeline.com (Lars Duarte) 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. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Callum Sato Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Texas at Austin. ------------------------------------------------------------