From dbrennan@cam.ac.uk Fri Apr 28 16:18:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cam!dbrennan From: dbrennan@cam.ac.uk (Dmitri Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Apr28.161811.7323@cam.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 1995 16:18:11 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Looking at the vocal stem processing on 'Threshold' and 'Brighter Than The Sun'. 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. -- Dmitri Brennan Zyxel U-1496E @ 33,600 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From bsilva@demon.co.uk Sun Apr 30 02:01:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!demon!bsilva From: bsilva@demon.co.uk (Brian Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Apr30.020111.6096@demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 30 Apr 1995 02:01:11 GMT References: <1995Apr28.161811.7323@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr28.161811.7323@cam.ac.uk>, dbrennan@cam.ac.uk (Dmitri Brennan) writes: > Looking at the vocal stem processing on 'Threshold' and 'Brighter Than The Sun'. 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. -- === Brian Silva === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Demon Internet Services UK "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."