From efischer@earthlink.net Fri Sep 22 22:38:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!earthlink!efischer From: efischer@earthlink.net (Élodie Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Sep22.223855.6399@earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 22:38:55 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net 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. 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? -- Élodie Fischer -- EarthLink Network "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From mchoi@titech.ac.jp Sat Sep 23 10:19:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!titech!mchoi From: mchoi@titech.ac.jp (Mike Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Sep23.101955.8082@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 10:19:55 GMT References: <1995Sep22.223855.6399@earthlink.net> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Sep22.223855.6399@earthlink.net>, efischer@earthlink.net (Élodie Fischer) 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. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Mike Choi Zyxel U-1496E @ 9600 Telebit bps "Do not worship the copy." From aweber@rwth-aachen.de Sun Sep 24 20:46:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!rwth-aachen!aweber From: aweber@rwth-aachen.de (Astrid Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Sep24.204655.3743@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1995 20:46:55 GMT References: <1995Sep22.223855.6399@earthlink.net> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1995Sep22.223855.6399@earthlink.net>, efischer@earthlink.net (Élodie Fischer) writes: > 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. 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. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- === Astrid Weber === Dept of Electrical Engineering, RWTH Aachen Informatik "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From fgarcia@illinois.edu Tue Sep 26 13:52:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!illinois!fgarcia From: fgarcia@illinois.edu (Fiona García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Sep26.135255.6525@illinois.edu> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 13:52:55 GMT References: <1995Sep22.223855.6399@earthlink.net> <1995Sep23.101955.8082@titech.ac.jp> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep23.101955.8082@titech.ac.jp>, mchoi@titech.ac.jp (Mike Choi) writes: > It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. > Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- Fiona García "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Acorn RiscPC 600 / Linux 1.2.13