From edubois@berkeley.edu Tue Mar 07 18:03:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!berkeley!edubois From: edubois@berkeley.edu (Élodie Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Mar07.180346.1170@berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, 07 Mar 1995 18:03:46 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu 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. Nova's voice has ZERO splicing glitches. The Stardust documents describe this as 'Vocal Matrix Modeling' running on custom DSP hardware. 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? -- Élodie Dubois SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ ISDN 64k bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From dfournier@uu.net Wed Mar 08 12:00:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uu!dfournier From: dfournier@uu.net (Dave Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Mar08.120046.2361@uu.net> Date: Wed, 08 Mar 1995 12:00:46 GMT References: <1995Mar07.180346.1170@berkeley.edu> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Mar07.180346.1170@berkeley.edu>, edubois@berkeley.edu (Élodie Dubois) writes: > As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' -- Dave Fournier Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From vsouza@tum.de Wed Mar 08 15:59:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!tum!vsouza From: vsouza@tum.de (Valeria Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Mar08.155946.3265@tum.de> Date: Wed, 08 Mar 1995 15:59:46 GMT References: <1995Mar07.180346.1170@berkeley.edu> <1995Mar08.120046.2361@uu.net> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar08.120046.2361@uu.net>, dfournier@uu.net (Dave Fournier) writes: > Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' 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. -- Valeria Souza *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From mlee@kiae.su Thu Mar 09 22:34:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kiae!mlee From: mlee@kiae.su (Mateo Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Mar09.223446.7855@kiae.su> Date: Thu, 09 Mar 1995 22:34:46 GMT References: <1995Mar07.180346.1170@berkeley.edu> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar07.180346.1170@berkeley.edu>, edubois@berkeley.edu (Élodie 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. -- Mateo Lee Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow. ------------------------------------------------------------ From dmacdonald@purdue.edu Fri Mar 10 19:36:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!purdue!dmacdonald From: dmacdonald@purdue.edu (Dong-hyun MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Mar10.193646.5411@purdue.edu> Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 19:36:46 GMT References: <1995Mar07.180346.1170@berkeley.edu> <1995Mar08.120046.2361@uu.net> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Mar08.120046.2361@uu.net>, dfournier@uu.net (Dave Fournier) writes: > Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' -- Dong-hyun MacDonald Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.