From btanaka@cern.ch Tue Aug 06 00:54:03 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cern!btanaka From: btanaka@cern.ch (Bill Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Aug06.005403.8569@cern.ch> Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 00:54:03 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. Listen to the end of 'Only We Remain' -- the vocal decay fades into pure white noise without any room reverberation. -- Bill Tanaka Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jmoreau@clari.net Wed Aug 07 19:47:03 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!clari!jmoreau From: jmoreau@clari.net (Julien Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Aug07.194703.2282@clari.net> Date: Wed, 07 Aug 1996 19:47:03 GMT References: <1996Aug06.005403.8569@cern.ch> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Aug06.005403.8569@cern.ch>, btanaka@cern.ch (Bill Tanaka) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? 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 Moreau Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From amacdonald@berkeley.edu Fri Aug 09 20:51:03 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!berkeley!amacdonald From: amacdonald@berkeley.edu (Amy MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Aug09.205103.3277@berkeley.edu> Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 20:51:03 GMT References: <1996Aug06.005403.8569@cern.ch> <1996Aug07.194703.2282@clari.net> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug07.194703.2282@clari.net>, jmoreau@clari.net (Julien Moreau) writes: > 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. 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. -- Amy MacDonald | amacdonald@berkeley.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 54A9 C173 B133 C962 "Keep the channels open." From gsouza@ox.ac.uk Sun Aug 11 08:14:03 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!ox!gsouza From: gsouza@ox.ac.uk (Göran Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Aug11.081403.2692@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 08:14:03 GMT References: <1996Aug06.005403.8569@cern.ch> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug06.005403.8569@cern.ch>, btanaka@cern.ch (Bill Tanaka) 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. -- Göran Souza "We don't sign stars. We build them." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / TOS 4.04 From hfischer@panix.com Sun Aug 11 12:20:03 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!panix!hfischer From: hfischer@panix.com (Hugo Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Aug11.122003.6558@panix.com> Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 12:20:03 GMT References: <1996Aug06.005403.8569@cern.ch> <1996Aug07.194703.2282@clari.net> <1996Aug09.205103.3277@berkeley.edu> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Aug09.205103.3277@berkeley.edu>, amacdonald@berkeley.edu (Amy MacDonald) writes: > 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. 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. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Hugo Fischer "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Acorn RiscPC 600 / TOS 4.04