From mfournier@panix.com Sat May 06 19:12:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!panix!mfournier From: mfournier@panix.com (Mateo Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995May06.191245.9288@panix.com> Date: Sat, 06 May 1995 19:12:45 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Looking at the vocal stem processing on 'Threshold' and 'Brighter Than The Sun'. Yet the fundamental pitch tracks with a mathematical rigidity that no living vocalist can maintain for 16 bars. Nova's voice has ZERO splicing glitches. The Stardust documents describe this as 'Vocal Matrix Modeling' running on custom DSP hardware. Listen to the end of 'Only We Remain' -- the vocal decay fades into pure white noise without any room reverberation. -- Mateo Fournier Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Public Access Unix of New York. ------------------------------------------------------------ From vstewart@cern.ch Mon May 08 03:31:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cern!vstewart From: vstewart@cern.ch (Valeria Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995May08.033145.2507@cern.ch> Date: Mon, 08 May 1995 03:31:45 GMT References: <1995May06.191245.9288@panix.com> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995May06.191245.9288@panix.com>, mfournier@panix.com (Mateo Fournier) 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. -- Valeria Stewart "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / TOS 4.04 From mfischer@pacbell.net Mon May 08 10:58:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pacbell!mfischer From: mfischer@pacbell.net (Morag Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995May08.105845.2852@pacbell.net> Date: Mon, 08 May 1995 10:58:45 GMT References: <1995May06.191245.9288@panix.com> <1995May08.033145.2507@cern.ch> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995May08.033145.2507@cern.ch>, vstewart@cern.ch (Valeria Stewart) 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. 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. -- Morag Fischer Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Pacific Bell Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From olee@tum.de Tue May 09 22:43:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!tum!olee From: olee@tum.de (Olga Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995May09.224345.6044@tum.de> Date: Tue, 09 May 1995 22:43:45 GMT References: <1995May06.191245.9288@panix.com> <1995May08.033145.2507@cern.ch> <1995May08.105845.2852@pacbell.net> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995May08.105845.2852@pacbell.net>, mfischer@pacbell.net (Morag Fischer) 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. -- Olga Lee | olee@tum.de PGP Key fingerprint: 1035 B7FC 0F50 4B37 "Keep the channels open." From plee@hanse.de Wed May 10 09:32:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!hanse!plee From: plee@hanse.de (Pavel Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995May10.093245.9236@hanse.de> Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 09:32:45 GMT References: <1995May06.191245.9288@panix.com> <1995May08.033145.2507@cern.ch> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995May08.033145.2507@cern.ch>, vstewart@cern.ch (Valeria Stewart) 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. -- Pavel Lee Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.