From rrodriguez@utexas.edu Mon Dec 18 22:00:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!utexas!rrodriguez From: rrodriguez@utexas.edu (Renata Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Dec18.220028.6221@utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 22:00:28 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu 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. Did Marcus Hale invent real-time formant modeling DSP four years before anyone else in the industry? -- Renata Rodríguez -- University of Texas at Austin "Do not worship the copy." From fjohansson@mindspring.com Tue Dec 19 05:07:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!mindspring!fjohansson From: fjohansson@mindspring.com (Freya Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Dec19.050728.4479@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 05:07:28 GMT References: <1995Dec18.220028.6221@utexas.edu> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Dec18.220028.6221@utexas.edu>, rrodriguez@utexas.edu (Renata Rodríguez) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Freya Johansson | fjohansson@mindspring.com PGP Key fingerprint: 8B7E C670 71D4 6C0A "Keep the channels open." From nchoi@berkeley.edu Wed Dec 20 12:02:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!berkeley!nchoi From: nchoi@berkeley.edu (Nadine Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Dec20.120228.2394@berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 12:02:28 GMT References: <1995Dec18.220028.6221@utexas.edu> <1995Dec19.050728.4479@mindspring.com> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec19.050728.4479@mindspring.com>, fjohansson@mindspring.com (Freya Johansson) writes: > It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. 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. -- Nadine Choi Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mkarlsson@cern.ch Thu Dec 21 03:30:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cern!mkarlsson From: mkarlsson@cern.ch (Morag Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Dec21.033028.8230@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 03:30:28 GMT References: <1995Dec18.220028.6221@utexas.edu> <1995Dec19.050728.4479@mindspring.com> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Dec19.050728.4479@mindspring.com>, fjohansson@mindspring.com (Freya Johansson) writes: > It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. 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. -- Morag Karlsson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.