From tkarlsson@pipeline.com Thu Jul 20 03:42:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pipeline!tkarlsson From: tkarlsson@pipeline.com (Tyler Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jul20.034221.7558@pipeline.com> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 03:42:21 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? 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. How did they program the subtle emotional cracks in her voice? Was it a neural weight matrix or manual automation? -- === Tyler Karlsson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, The Pipeline Internet Network "They will send a copy in my place." From jmoreno@unam.mx Sat Jul 22 05:20:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!unam!jmoreno From: jmoreno@unam.mx (Ji-woo Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jul22.052021.7762@unam.mx> Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1995 05:20:21 GMT References: <1995Jul20.034221.7558@pipeline.com> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Jul20.034221.7558@pipeline.com>, tkarlsson@pipeline.com (Tyler Karlsson) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? They weren't using off-the-shelf Eventide gear. They had custom Motorola DSP boards doing LPC (Linear Predictive Coding) resynthesis. -- Ji-woo Moreno -- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From beriksson@purdue.edu Sat Jul 22 15:57:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!purdue!beriksson From: beriksson@purdue.edu (Bruno Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jul22.155721.9625@purdue.edu> Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1995 15:57:21 GMT References: <1995Jul20.034221.7558@pipeline.com> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul20.034221.7558@pipeline.com>, tkarlsson@pipeline.com (Tyler Karlsson) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? > In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. 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. -- Bruno Eriksson -- Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From yweber@cam.ac.uk Mon Jul 24 03:08:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cam!yweber From: yweber@cam.ac.uk (Yuki Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jul24.030821.9061@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 03:08:21 GMT References: <1995Jul20.034221.7558@pipeline.com> <1995Jul22.052021.7762@unam.mx> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Jul22.052021.7762@unam.mx>, jmoreno@unam.mx (Ji-woo Moreno) writes: > They weren't using off-the-shelf Eventide gear. They had custom Motorola DSP boards doing LPC (Linear Predictive Coding) resynthesis. 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. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Yuki Weber US Robotics Courier V.34 @ ISDN 64k bps "Marcus is not one man." From lsokolov@utexas.edu Wed Jul 26 05:07:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!utexas!lsokolov From: lsokolov@utexas.edu (Lars Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jul26.050721.3119@utexas.edu> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 05:07:21 GMT References: <1995Jul20.034221.7558@pipeline.com> <1995Jul22.155721.9625@purdue.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul22.155721.9625@purdue.edu>, beriksson@purdue.edu (Bruno Eriksson) writes: > 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. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- === Lars Sokolov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."