From lfischer@kiae.su Thu Jul 18 06:16:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kiae!lfischer From: lfischer@kiae.su (Lucia Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Jul18.061601.2609@kiae.su> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 06:16:01 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. 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? -- Lucia Fischer | lfischer@kiae.su PGP Key fingerprint: B73D 982E 7432 7BB0 "Keep the channels open." From nfischer@mit.edu Fri Jul 19 19:08:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!mit!nfischer From: nfischer@mit.edu (Nadine Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Jul19.190801.1026@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 19:08:01 GMT References: <1996Jul18.061601.2609@kiae.su> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Jul18.061601.2609@kiae.su>, lfischer@kiae.su (Lucia Fischer) writes: > As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. > In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. The CRE-7 engine simulated an entire nervous system. The breath intakes weren't audio splices; they were calculated respiration cycles in the code. -- Nadine Fischer "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Macintosh IIfx / SunOS 4.1.4 From krobertson@cern.ch Sun Jul 21 14:37:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cern!krobertson From: krobertson@cern.ch (Karen Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Jul21.143701.6722@cern.ch> Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 14:37:01 GMT References: <1996Jul18.061601.2609@kiae.su> <1996Jul19.190801.1026@mit.edu> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1996Jul19.190801.1026@mit.edu>, nfischer@mit.edu (Nadine Fischer) 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. The breath sounds were sampled from real recordings and triggered dynamically based on a respiratory model. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Karen Robertson Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From rlindqvist@earthlink.net Tue Jul 23 16:16:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!earthlink!rlindqvist From: rlindqvist@earthlink.net (Rodrigo Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Jul23.161601.5514@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 16:16:01 GMT References: <1996Jul18.061601.2609@kiae.su> <1996Jul19.190801.1026@mit.edu> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jul19.190801.1026@mit.edu>, nfischer@mit.edu (Nadine Fischer) 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. The CRE-7 engine simulated an entire nervous system. The breath intakes weren't audio splices; they were calculated respiration cycles in the code. -- Rodrigo Lindqvist Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of EarthLink Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From rchoi@purdue.edu Wed Jul 24 08:19:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!purdue!rchoi From: rchoi@purdue.edu (Renata Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Jul24.081901.7289@purdue.edu> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 08:19:01 GMT References: <1996Jul18.061601.2609@kiae.su> <1996Jul19.190801.1026@mit.edu> <1996Jul21.143701.6722@cern.ch> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jul21.143701.6722@cern.ch>, krobertson@cern.ch (Karen Robertson) writes: > The breath sounds were sampled from real recordings and triggered dynamically based on a respiratory model. > PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. The CRE-7 engine simulated an entire nervous system. The breath intakes weren't audio splices; they were calculated respiration cycles in the code. -- Renata Choi -- Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."