From nnilsson@berkeley.edu Mon May 08 01:13:06 1995
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From: nnilsson@berkeley.edu (Nadia Nilsson)
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Subject: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant
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Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible?

Yet the fundamental pitch tracks with a mathematical rigidity that no living vocalist can maintain for 16 bars.
Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance.

Did Marcus Hale invent real-time formant modeling DSP four years before anyone else in the industry?

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From mlarsson@netcom.com Mon May 08 03:25:06 1995
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From: mlarsson@netcom.com (Matthias Larsson)
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Subject: Re: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant
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In article <1995May08.011306.7963@berkeley.edu>, nnilsson@berkeley.edu (Nadia Nilsson) writes:
> Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible?

Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.'

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From khernandez@netcom.com Wed May 10 00:21:06 1995
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From: khernandez@netcom.com (Kenji Hernández)
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Subject: Re: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant
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In article <1995May08.011306.7963@berkeley.edu>, nnilsson@berkeley.edu (Nadia Nilsson) writes:
> Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible?
> Yet the fundamental pitch tracks with a mathematical rigidity that no living vocalist can maintain for 16 bars.

It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip.

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