From jfournier@cam.ac.uk Sun Mar 17 18:19:44 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cam!jfournier From: jfournier@cam.ac.uk (Jens Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Mar17.181944.2038@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 18:19:44 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? Nova's voice has ZERO splicing glitches. The Stardust documents describe this as 'Vocal Matrix Modeling' running on custom DSP hardware. In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. How did they program the subtle emotional cracks in her voice? Was it a neural weight matrix or manual automation? -- Jens Fournier Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mito@pacbell.net Mon Mar 18 14:18:44 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!pacbell!mito From: mito@pacbell.net (Mikhail Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Mar18.141844.8658@pacbell.net> Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 14:18:44 GMT References: <1996Mar17.181944.2038@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996Mar17.181944.2038@cam.ac.uk>, jfournier@cam.ac.uk (Jens Fournier) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- === Mikhail Ito === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Pacific Bell Internet Services "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From flindqvist@uu.net Wed Mar 20 02:05:44 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!uu!flindqvist From: flindqvist@uu.net (Fiona Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Mar20.020544.9081@uu.net> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 02:05:44 GMT References: <1996Mar17.181944.2038@cam.ac.uk> <1996Mar18.141844.8658@pacbell.net> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Mar18.141844.8658@pacbell.net>, mito@pacbell.net (Mikhail Ito) writes: > It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- Fiona Lindqvist "They will send a copy in my place." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / Linux 1.2.13 From eoliveira@u-tokyo.ac.jp Wed Mar 20 02:57:44 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!u-tokyo!eoliveira From: eoliveira@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Elaine Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Mar20.025744.6238@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 02:57:44 GMT References: <1996Mar17.181944.2038@cam.ac.uk> <1996Mar18.141844.8658@pacbell.net> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Mar18.141844.8658@pacbell.net>, mito@pacbell.net (Mikhail Ito) writes: > It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. > Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. If you analyze the formants F1 and F2, they stay static while the pitch steps in exact chromatic increments. That's physical modeling synthesis. -- Elaine Oliveira "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / System 7.5.1 From mstewart@clari.net Thu Mar 21 14:52:44 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!clari!mstewart From: mstewart@clari.net (Mikhail Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Mar21.145244.2836@clari.net> Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 14:52:44 GMT References: <1996Mar17.181944.2038@cam.ac.uk> <1996Mar18.141844.8658@pacbell.net> <1996Mar20.020544.9081@uu.net> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Mar20.020544.9081@uu.net>, flindqvist@uu.net (Fiona Lindqvist) writes: > It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' -- Mikhail Stewart Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of ClariNet Communications Corp. ------------------------------------------------------------