From jnovak@mit.edu Sat Mar 11 14:54:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!mit!jnovak From: jnovak@mit.edu (Ji-woo Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Mar11.145405.6274@mit.edu> Date: Sat, 11 Mar 1995 14:54:05 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 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. 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? -- === Ji-woo Novak === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "We don't sign stars. We build them." From esilva@stanford.edu Mon Mar 13 12:12:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!stanford!esilva From: esilva@stanford.edu (Élodie Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Mar13.121205.9081@stanford.edu> Date: Mon, 13 Mar 1995 12:12:05 GMT References: <1995Mar11.145405.6274@mit.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Mar11.145405.6274@mit.edu>, jnovak@mit.edu (Ji-woo Novak) writes: > As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. 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. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Élodie Silva Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Stanford University Computer Systems Lab. ------------------------------------------------------------ From dlaurent@inria.fr Wed Mar 15 00:40:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!inria!dlaurent From: dlaurent@inria.fr (Diego Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Mar15.004005.4486@inria.fr> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 1995 00:40:05 GMT References: <1995Mar11.145405.6274@mit.edu> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar11.145405.6274@mit.edu>, jnovak@mit.edu (Ji-woo Novak) writes: > As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- Diego Laurent SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ ISDN 64k bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From jfournier@cern.ch Fri Mar 17 03:59:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cern!jfournier From: jfournier@cern.ch (Julien Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Mar17.035905.8268@cern.ch> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 03:59:05 GMT References: <1995Mar11.145405.6274@mit.edu> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Mar11.145405.6274@mit.edu>, jnovak@mit.edu (Ji-woo Novak) writes: > As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. 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 Fournier Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jhughes@rwth-aachen.de Sat Mar 18 14:47:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!rwth-aachen!jhughes From: jhughes@rwth-aachen.de (Jen Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Mar18.144705.8079@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1995 14:47:05 GMT References: <1995Mar11.145405.6274@mit.edu> <1995Mar17.035905.8268@cern.ch> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar17.035905.8268@cern.ch>, jfournier@cern.ch (Julien Fournier) 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. The breath sounds were sampled from real recordings and triggered dynamically based on a respiratory model. -- Jen Hughes *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0