From hweber@netcom.com Tue Dec 12 20:07:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!netcom!hweber From: hweber@netcom.com (Heather Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Dec12.200705.5248@netcom.com> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 20:07:05 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 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. 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? -- Heather Weber "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From rmoreno@berkeley.edu Thu Dec 14 10:00:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!berkeley!rmoreno From: rmoreno@berkeley.edu (Raj Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Dec14.100005.8566@berkeley.edu> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 10:00:05 GMT References: <1995Dec12.200705.5248@netcom.com> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec12.200705.5248@netcom.com>, hweber@netcom.com (Heather Weber) 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. Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' -- Raj Moreno -- UC Berkeley Department of EECS "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From dsokolov@demon.co.uk Fri Dec 15 03:44:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!demon!dsokolov From: dsokolov@demon.co.uk (Diego Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Dec15.034405.6679@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 03:44:05 GMT References: <1995Dec12.200705.5248@netcom.com> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec12.200705.5248@netcom.com>, hweber@netcom.com (Heather Weber) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? The CRE-7 engine simulated an entire nervous system. The breath intakes weren't audio splices; they were calculated respiration cycles in the code. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Diego Sokolov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From shughes@cmu.edu Sun Dec 17 01:55:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cmu!shughes From: shughes@cmu.edu (Sun-mi Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Dec17.015505.2780@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 01:55:05 GMT References: <1995Dec12.200705.5248@netcom.com> <1995Dec15.034405.6679@demon.co.uk> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Dec15.034405.6679@demon.co.uk>, dsokolov@demon.co.uk (Diego Sokolov) writes: > The CRE-7 engine simulated an entire nervous system. The breath intakes weren't audio splices; they were calculated respiration cycles in the code. Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' -- Sun-mi Hughes -- Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "They will send a copy in my place." From dkarlsson@demon.co.uk Mon Dec 18 13:18:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!demon!dkarlsson From: dkarlsson@demon.co.uk (Dong-hyun Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Dec18.131805.7686@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 13:18:05 GMT References: <1995Dec12.200705.5248@netcom.com> <1995Dec15.034405.6679@demon.co.uk> <1995Dec17.015505.2780@cmu.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Dec17.015505.2780@cmu.edu>, shughes@cmu.edu (Sun-mi Hughes) writes: > Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' 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. -- Dong-hyun Karlsson -- Demon Internet Services UK "Do not worship the copy."