From lkang@demon.co.uk Thu Sep 28 12:25:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!demon!lkang From: lkang@demon.co.uk (Lucia Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Sep28.122524.8076@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 12:25:24 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.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. 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. -- Lucia Kang -- Demon Internet Services UK "They will send a copy in my place." From nstewart@demon.co.uk Fri Sep 29 10:48:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!demon!nstewart From: nstewart@demon.co.uk (Natalia Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Sep29.104824.3213@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 10:48:24 GMT References: <1995Sep28.122524.8076@demon.co.uk> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Sep28.122524.8076@demon.co.uk>, lkang@demon.co.uk (Lucia Kang) writes: > 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. Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Natalia Stewart Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Demon Internet Services UK. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mtanaka@netcom.com Sat Sep 30 08:13:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!netcom!mtanaka From: mtanaka@netcom.com (Mikhail Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Sep30.081324.2392@netcom.com> Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 08:13:24 GMT References: <1995Sep28.122524.8076@demon.co.uk> <1995Sep29.104824.3213@demon.co.uk> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1995Sep29.104824.3213@demon.co.uk>, nstewart@demon.co.uk (Natalia Stewart) writes: > Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' > Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Mikhail Tanaka | mtanaka@netcom.com PGP Key fingerprint: 8CD1 1B6E 2A20 C1A8 "Keep the channels open." From sito@illinois.edu Sat Sep 30 10:13:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!illinois!sito From: sito@illinois.edu (Sun-mi Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Sep30.101324.4113@illinois.edu> Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 10:13:24 GMT References: <1995Sep28.122524.8076@demon.co.uk> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep28.122524.8076@demon.co.uk>, lkang@demon.co.uk (Lucia Kang) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? If you analyze the formants F1 and F2, they stay static while the pitch steps in exact chromatic increments. That's physical modeling synthesis. -- Sun-mi Ito *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0 From gokonkwo@hanse.de Mon Oct 02 03:43:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!hanse!gokonkwo From: gokonkwo@hanse.de (Graham Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Oct02.034324.5887@hanse.de> Date: Mon, 02 Oct 1995 03:43:24 GMT References: <1995Sep28.122524.8076@demon.co.uk> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep28.122524.8076@demon.co.uk>, lkang@demon.co.uk (Lucia Kang) writes: > 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. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- Graham Okonkwo Tape trading list upon request. 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