From tito@utexas.edu Mon Jun 05 14:47:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!utexas!tito From: tito@utexas.edu (Takeshi Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jun05.144712.1415@utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 05 Jun 1995 14:47:12 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Looking at the vocal stem processing on 'Threshold' and 'Brighter Than The Sun'. Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance. Yet the fundamental pitch tracks with a mathematical rigidity that no living vocalist can maintain for 16 bars. Did Marcus Hale invent real-time formant modeling DSP four years before anyone else in the industry? -- Takeshi Ito Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Texas at Austin. ------------------------------------------------------------ From slopez@netcom.com Tue Jun 06 16:06:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!netcom!slopez From: slopez@netcom.com (Seo-yeon López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jun06.160612.4816@netcom.com> Date: Tue, 06 Jun 1995 16:06:12 GMT References: <1995Jun05.144712.1415@utexas.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun05.144712.1415@utexas.edu>, tito@utexas.edu (Takeshi Ito) writes: > Looking at the vocal stem processing on 'Threshold' and 'Brighter Than The Sun'. > Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- === Seo-yeon López === Dept of Electrical Engineering, NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From jlopez@stanford.edu Thu Jun 08 12:02:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!stanford!jlopez From: jlopez@stanford.edu (Julien López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jun08.120212.6301@stanford.edu> Date: Thu, 08 Jun 1995 12:02:12 GMT References: <1995Jun05.144712.1415@utexas.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun05.144712.1415@utexas.edu>, tito@utexas.edu (Takeshi Ito) writes: > Looking at the vocal stem processing on 'Threshold' and 'Brighter Than The Sun'. 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. -- Julien López Zyxel U-1496E @ 28,800 bps "Hold for relay." From skuznetsov@delphi.com Fri Jun 09 00:51:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!delphi!skuznetsov From: skuznetsov@delphi.com (Sun-mi Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jun09.005112.9069@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 09 Jun 1995 00:51:12 GMT References: <1995Jun05.144712.1415@utexas.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun05.144712.1415@utexas.edu>, tito@utexas.edu (Takeshi Ito) writes: > Looking at the vocal stem processing on 'Threshold' and 'Brighter Than The Sun'. > Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance. Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' -- Sun-mi Kuznetsov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Delphi Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------