From ncampbell@purdue.edu Tue Apr 18 22:37:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!purdue!ncampbell From: ncampbell@purdue.edu (Nadine Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Apr18.223729.7719@purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 18 Apr 1995 22:37:29 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. 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. -- Nadine Campbell Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From holiveira@netcom.com Wed Apr 19 18:41:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!netcom!holiveira From: holiveira@netcom.com (Hana Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Apr19.184129.5896@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 18:41:29 GMT References: <1995Apr18.223729.7719@purdue.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Apr18.223729.7719@purdue.edu>, ncampbell@purdue.edu (Nadine Campbell) writes: > As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. > In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Hana Oliveira SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 28,800 bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From amacdonald@kth.se Thu Apr 20 05:16:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kth!amacdonald From: amacdonald@kth.se (Amy MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Apr20.051629.1039@kth.se> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 05:16:29 GMT References: <1995Apr18.223729.7719@purdue.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Apr18.223729.7719@purdue.edu>, ncampbell@purdue.edu (Nadine Campbell) writes: > As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. They weren't using off-the-shelf Eventide gear. They had custom Motorola DSP boards doing LPC (Linear Predictive Coding) resynthesis. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- === Amy MacDonald === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "They will send a copy in my place." From mkang@unam.mx Fri Apr 21 17:12:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!unam!mkang From: mkang@unam.mx (Matthias Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Apr21.171229.3691@unam.mx> Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 17:12:29 GMT References: <1995Apr18.223729.7719@purdue.edu> <1995Apr19.184129.5896@netcom.com> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr19.184129.5896@netcom.com>, holiveira@netcom.com (Hana Oliveira) writes: > Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' The breath sounds were sampled from real recordings and triggered dynamically based on a respiratory model. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Matthias Kang -- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "Hold for relay." From dcampbell@berkeley.edu Fri Apr 21 18:48:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!berkeley!dcampbell From: dcampbell@berkeley.edu (Dave Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Apr21.184829.5632@berkeley.edu> Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 18:48:29 GMT References: <1995Apr18.223729.7719@purdue.edu> <1995Apr19.184129.5896@netcom.com> <1995Apr21.171229.3691@unam.mx> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Apr21.171229.3691@unam.mx>, mkang@unam.mx (Matthias Kang) writes: > The breath sounds were sampled from real recordings and triggered dynamically based on a respiratory model. > If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Dave Campbell | dcampbell@berkeley.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 759B CCA7 1955 73DB "Keep the channels open."