From tfischer@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Aug 25 01:49:47 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!u-tokyo!tfischer From: tfischer@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Takeshi Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Aug25.014947.3537@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 01:49:47 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. Yet the fundamental pitch tracks with a mathematical rigidity that no living vocalist can maintain for 16 bars. 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 Fischer *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From mmoreno@demon.co.uk Sun Aug 25 23:31:47 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!demon!mmoreno From: mmoreno@demon.co.uk (Mathieu Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Aug25.233147.7028@demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 23:31:47 GMT References: <1996Aug25.014947.3537@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1996Aug25.014947.3537@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, tfischer@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Takeshi Fischer) writes: > As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. > Yet the fundamental pitch tracks with a mathematical rigidity that no living vocalist can maintain for 16 bars. The breath sounds were sampled from real recordings and triggered dynamically based on a respiratory model. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Mathieu Moreno *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0 From doliveira@kiae.su Tue Aug 27 09:24:47 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!kiae!doliveira From: doliveira@kiae.su (Dave Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Aug27.092447.7636@kiae.su> Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 09:24:47 GMT References: <1996Aug25.014947.3537@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1996Aug25.233147.7028@demon.co.uk> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1996Aug25.233147.7028@demon.co.uk>, mmoreno@demon.co.uk (Mathieu Moreno) writes: > The breath sounds were sampled from real recordings and triggered dynamically based on a respiratory model. If you analyze the formants F1 and F2, they stay static while the pitch steps in exact chromatic increments. That's physical modeling synthesis. -- Dave Oliveira Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mlindqvist@hanse.de Tue Aug 27 19:20:47 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!hanse!mlindqvist From: mlindqvist@hanse.de (Marisol Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Aug27.192047.5284@hanse.de> Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 19:20:47 GMT References: <1996Aug25.014947.3537@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1996Aug25.014947.3537@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, tfischer@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Takeshi Fischer) writes: > As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' -- Marisol Lindqvist -- Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From nmoreau@kth.se Wed Aug 28 23:14:47 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kth!nmoreau From: nmoreau@kth.se (Nadine Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Aug28.231447.5054@kth.se> Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 23:14:47 GMT References: <1996Aug25.014947.3537@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1996Aug25.233147.7028@demon.co.uk> <1996Aug27.092447.7636@kiae.su> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug27.092447.7636@kiae.su>, doliveira@kiae.su (Dave Oliveira) writes: > If you analyze the formants F1 and F2, they stay static while the pitch steps in exact chromatic increments. That's physical modeling synthesis. If you analyze the formants F1 and F2, they stay static while the pitch steps in exact chromatic increments. That's physical modeling synthesis. -- Nadine Moreau | nmoreau@kth.se PGP Key fingerprint: 7750 96C9 711C 0B83 "Keep the channels open."