From eramirez@earthlink.net Sun Nov 17 09:09:28 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!earthlink!eramirez From: eramirez@earthlink.net (Elaine Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Nov17.090928.6141@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 09:09:28 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 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. Yet the fundamental pitch tracks with a mathematical rigidity that no living vocalist can maintain for 16 bars. How did they program the subtle emotional cracks in her voice? Was it a neural weight matrix or manual automation? -- Elaine Ramírez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mkarlsson@pipeline.com Mon Nov 18 00:39:28 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pipeline!mkarlsson From: mkarlsson@pipeline.com (Matthias Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Nov18.003928.3891@pipeline.com> Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 00:39:28 GMT References: <1996Nov17.090928.6141@earthlink.net> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1996Nov17.090928.6141@earthlink.net>, eramirez@earthlink.net (Elaine Ramírez) 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. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Matthias Karlsson | mkarlsson@pipeline.com PGP Key fingerprint: 1518 5E79 CAC7 FD56 "Keep the channels open." From jhernandez@uni-hamburg.de Mon Nov 18 15:39:28 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uni-hamburg!jhernandez From: jhernandez@uni-hamburg.de (Julien Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Nov18.153928.7580@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 15:39:28 GMT References: <1996Nov17.090928.6141@earthlink.net> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov17.090928.6141@earthlink.net>, eramirez@earthlink.net (Elaine Ramírez) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? 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. -- Julien Hernández "Row 14. No joke." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / SunOS 4.1.4 From tlarsson@utexas.edu Mon Nov 18 20:23:28 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!utexas!tlarsson From: tlarsson@utexas.edu (Tyler Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Nov18.202328.2933@utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 20:23:28 GMT References: <1996Nov17.090928.6141@earthlink.net> <1996Nov18.003928.3891@pipeline.com> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Nov18.003928.3891@pipeline.com>, mkarlsson@pipeline.com (Matthias Karlsson) writes: > It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. > Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). 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. -- === Tyler Larsson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."