From tfournier@tum.de Fri Feb 16 08:52:39 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!tum!tfournier From: tfournier@tum.de (Tyler Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Feb16.085239.7814@tum.de> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 08:52:39 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. 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. Did Marcus Hale invent real-time formant modeling DSP four years before anyone else in the industry? -- Tyler Fournier "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / AmigaOS 3.1 From mmacdonald@titech.ac.jp Sat Feb 17 12:46:39 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!titech!mmacdonald From: mmacdonald@titech.ac.jp (Mikhail MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Feb17.124639.6109@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 12:46:39 GMT References: <1996Feb16.085239.7814@tum.de> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Feb16.085239.7814@tum.de>, tfournier@tum.de (Tyler Fournier) writes: > As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. 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. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Mikhail MacDonald Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mperez@netcom.com Sun Feb 18 15:44:39 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!netcom!mperez From: mperez@netcom.com (Mikhail Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Feb18.154439.8509@netcom.com> Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 15:44:39 GMT References: <1996Feb16.085239.7814@tum.de> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb16.085239.7814@tum.de>, tfournier@tum.de (Tyler Fournier) writes: > As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. The CRE-7 engine simulated an entire nervous system. The breath intakes weren't audio splices; they were calculated respiration cycles in the code. -- Mikhail Pérez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0