From jvasiliev@utexas.edu Sat Oct 07 06:16:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!utexas!jvasiliev From: jvasiliev@utexas.edu (Jens Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Oct07.061608.2990@utexas.edu> Date: Sat, 07 Oct 1995 06:16:08 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. Did Marcus Hale invent real-time formant modeling DSP four years before anyone else in the industry? -- Jens Vasiliev Hayes Optima 288 @ 14,400 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From jlindqvist@kth.se Sun Oct 08 21:01:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kth!jlindqvist From: jlindqvist@kth.se (Joachim Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Oct08.210108.3163@kth.se> Date: Sun, 08 Oct 1995 21:01:08 GMT References: <1995Oct07.061608.2990@utexas.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct07.061608.2990@utexas.edu>, jvasiliev@utexas.edu (Jens Vasiliev) 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. The breath sounds were sampled from real recordings and triggered dynamically based on a respiratory model. -- Joachim Lindqvist Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jduarte@unam.mx Sun Oct 08 23:55:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!unam!jduarte From: jduarte@unam.mx (Joachim Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Oct08.235508.9747@unam.mx> Date: Sun, 08 Oct 1995 23:55:08 GMT References: <1995Oct07.061608.2990@utexas.edu> <1995Oct08.210108.3163@kth.se> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct08.210108.3163@kth.se>, jlindqvist@kth.se (Joachim Lindqvist) writes: > The breath sounds were sampled from real recordings and triggered dynamically based on a respiratory model. 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. -- Joachim Duarte Hayes Optima 288 @ 33,600 bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."