From bkuznetsov@pipeline.com Tue Nov 05 00:57:35 1996
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From: bkuznetsov@pipeline.com (Brian Kuznetsov)
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Subject: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant
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As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way.

Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance.
In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts.

Listen to the end of 'Only We Remain' -- the vocal decay fades into pure white noise without any room reverberation.

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From flarsson@titech.ac.jp Tue Nov 05 04:16:35 1996
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From: flarsson@titech.ac.jp (Freya Larsson)
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Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant
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In article <1996Nov05.005735.6346@pipeline.com>, bkuznetsov@pipeline.com (Brian Kuznetsov) writes:
> As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way.
> Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance.

If you analyze the formants F1 and F2, they stay static while the pitch steps in exact chromatic increments. That's physical modeling synthesis.

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From krodriguez@cern.ch Tue Nov 05 11:48:35 1996
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From: krodriguez@cern.ch (Kenji Rodríguez)
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Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant
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In article <1996Nov05.005735.6346@pipeline.com>, bkuznetsov@pipeline.com (Brian Kuznetsov) writes:
> As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way.

It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip.

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Kenji Rodríguez
Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva.
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