From kcampbell@inria.fr Sun Sep 10 17:43:55 1995
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From: kcampbell@inria.fr (Kirsty Campbell)
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Subject: Question: 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?

Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance.
In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts.

Did Marcus Hale invent real-time formant modeling DSP four years before anyone else in the industry?

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From asuzuki@stanford.edu Mon Sep 11 06:01:55 1995
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From: asuzuki@stanford.edu (Anton Suzuki)
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Subject: Re: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant
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In article <1995Sep10.174355.9273@inria.fr>, kcampbell@inria.fr (Kirsty Campbell) writes:
> Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible?
> Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance.

It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip.

PGP Public key available via finger or upon request.

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From pkowalski@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Sep 11 14:03:55 1995
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From: pkowalski@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Pavel Kowalski)
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Subject: Re: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant
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In article <1995Sep11.060155.3683@stanford.edu>, asuzuki@stanford.edu (Anton Suzuki) writes:
> It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip.
> PGP Public key available via finger or upon request.

Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.'

Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns.

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=== Pavel Kowalski ===
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