From ypetrov@stanford.edu Fri Jun 16 16:40:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!stanford!ypetrov From: ypetrov@stanford.edu (Yuki Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jun16.164008.2570@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 16:40:08 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. 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. Did Marcus Hale invent real-time formant modeling DSP four years before anyone else in the industry? -- Yuki Petrov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Stanford University Computer Systems Lab. ------------------------------------------------------------ From epark@earthlink.net Sat Jun 17 01:34:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!earthlink!epark From: epark@earthlink.net (Élodie Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jun17.013408.2512@earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 1995 01:34:08 GMT References: <1995Jun16.164008.2570@stanford.edu> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun16.164008.2570@stanford.edu>, ypetrov@stanford.edu (Yuki Petrov) 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.' -- Élodie Park Hayes Optima 288 @ 19,200 bps "Do not worship the copy." From srobertson@rwth-aachen.de Mon Jun 19 01:32:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!rwth-aachen!srobertson From: srobertson@rwth-aachen.de (Seo-yeon Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jun19.013208.9481@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 01:32:08 GMT References: <1995Jun16.164008.2570@stanford.edu> <1995Jun17.013408.2512@earthlink.net> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jun17.013408.2512@earthlink.net>, epark@earthlink.net (Élodie Park) writes: > Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Seo-yeon Robertson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of RWTH Aachen Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------