From mandersson@uu.net Mon May 08 13:27:12 1995
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From: mandersson@uu.net (Matthias Andersson)
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Subject: [INFO] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant
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Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible?

Yet the fundamental pitch tracks with a mathematical rigidity that no living vocalist can maintain for 16 bars.
Nova's voice has ZERO splicing glitches. The Stardust documents describe this as 'Vocal Matrix Modeling' running on custom DSP hardware.

Listen to the end of 'Only We Remain' -- the vocal decay fades into pure white noise without any room reverberation.

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From jlee@demon.co.uk Mon May 08 21:52:12 1995
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Subject: Re: [INFO] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant
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In article <1995May08.132712.7480@uu.net>, mandersson@uu.net (Matthias Andersson) writes:
> Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible?
> Yet the fundamental pitch tracks with a mathematical rigidity that no living vocalist can maintain for 16 bars.

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.

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Ji-woo Lee -- Demon Internet Services UK
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