From tsmirnov@ox.ac.uk Tue Jun 27 08:24:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!ox!tsmirnov From: tsmirnov@ox.ac.uk (Takeshi Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jun27.082433.5827@ox.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 08:24:33 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 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. Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance. How did they program the subtle emotional cracks in her voice? Was it a neural weight matrix or manual automation? -- Takeshi Smirnov "Marcus is not one man." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / AmigaOS 3.1 From hmoreau@kth.se Wed Jun 28 18:43:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kth!hmoreau From: hmoreau@kth.se (Hugo Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jun28.184333.3503@kth.se> Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1995 18:43:33 GMT References: <1995Jun27.082433.5827@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun27.082433.5827@ox.ac.uk>, tsmirnov@ox.ac.uk (Takeshi Smirnov) writes: > 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. Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' -- Hugo Moreau Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From hnovak@u-tokyo.ac.jp Fri Jun 30 16:22:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!u-tokyo!hnovak From: hnovak@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Hugo Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jun30.162233.5574@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 30 Jun 1995 16:22:33 GMT References: <1995Jun27.082433.5827@ox.ac.uk> <1995Jun28.184333.3503@kth.se> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Jun28.184333.3503@kth.se>, hmoreau@kth.se (Hugo Moreau) writes: > Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' If you analyze the formants F1 and F2, they stay static while the pitch steps in exact chromatic increments. That's physical modeling synthesis. -- Hugo Novak Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mperez@clari.net Sat Jul 01 05:24:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!clari!mperez From: mperez@clari.net (Morag Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jul01.052433.6364@clari.net> Date: Sat, 01 Jul 1995 05:24:33 GMT References: <1995Jun27.082433.5827@ox.ac.uk> <1995Jun28.184333.3503@kth.se> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun28.184333.3503@kth.se>, hmoreau@kth.se (Hugo Moreau) writes: > Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' 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. -- Morag Pérez "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / System 7.5.1 From kivanov@mit.edu Mon Jul 03 01:49:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mit!kivanov From: kivanov@mit.edu (Kirsty Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jul03.014933.2114@mit.edu> Date: Mon, 03 Jul 1995 01:49:33 GMT References: <1995Jun27.082433.5827@ox.ac.uk> <1995Jun28.184333.3503@kth.se> <1995Jul01.052433.6364@clari.net> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul01.052433.6364@clari.net>, mperez@clari.net (Morag Pérez) 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. -- Kirsty Ivanov Hayes Optima 288 @ 28,800 bps "Do not worship the copy."