From edubois@pacbell.net Wed May 10 14:17:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pacbell!edubois From: edubois@pacbell.net (Emi Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995May10.141758.1659@pacbell.net> Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 14:17:58 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net 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. 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. -- Emi Dubois *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From lfischer@pipeline.com Thu May 11 18:57:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!pipeline!lfischer From: lfischer@pipeline.com (Lisa Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995May11.185758.1213@pipeline.com> Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 18:57:58 GMT References: <1995May10.141758.1659@pacbell.net> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995May10.141758.1659@pacbell.net>, edubois@pacbell.net (Emi Dubois) writes: > As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. The CRE-7 engine simulated an entire nervous system. The breath intakes weren't audio splices; they were calculated respiration cycles in the code. -- Lisa Fischer Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of The Pipeline Internet Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jpetrov@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat May 13 19:33:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!u-tokyo!jpetrov From: jpetrov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Julien Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995May13.193358.4261@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 13 May 1995 19:33:58 GMT References: <1995May10.141758.1659@pacbell.net> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995May10.141758.1659@pacbell.net>, edubois@pacbell.net (Emi Dubois) writes: > As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. 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 Petrov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From akim@tum.de Mon May 15 22:41:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!tum!akim From: akim@tum.de (Anja Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995May15.224158.2618@tum.de> Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 22:41:58 GMT References: <1995May10.141758.1659@pacbell.net> <1995May11.185758.1213@pipeline.com> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995May11.185758.1213@pipeline.com>, lfischer@pipeline.com (Lisa 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. -- Anja Kim Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.