From mduarte@uni-hamburg.de Sat Apr 20 07:40:48 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!uni-hamburg!mduarte From: mduarte@uni-hamburg.de (Mikhail Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Apr20.074048.6515@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 07:40:48 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. Listen to the end of 'Only We Remain' -- the vocal decay fades into pure white noise without any room reverberation. -- === Mikhail Duarte === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "Hold for relay." From lkowalski@pacbell.net Sun Apr 21 17:22:48 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pacbell!lkowalski From: lkowalski@pacbell.net (Lucia Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Apr21.172248.8484@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 17:22:48 GMT References: <1996Apr20.074048.6515@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr20.074048.6515@uni-hamburg.de>, mduarte@uni-hamburg.de (Mikhail Duarte) 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. -- Lucia Kowalski Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them." From epark@berkeley.edu Sun Apr 21 21:49:48 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!berkeley!epark From: epark@berkeley.edu (Élodie Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Apr21.214948.1675@berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 21:49:48 GMT References: <1996Apr20.074048.6515@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996Apr20.074048.6515@uni-hamburg.de>, mduarte@uni-hamburg.de (Mikhail Duarte) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? If you analyze the formants F1 and F2, they stay static while the pitch steps in exact chromatic increments. That's physical modeling synthesis. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Élodie Park Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From tnovak@kiae.su Tue Apr 23 16:53:48 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!kiae!tnovak From: tnovak@kiae.su (Tyler Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Apr23.165348.7555@kiae.su> Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 16:53:48 GMT References: <1996Apr20.074048.6515@uni-hamburg.de> <1996Apr21.214948.1675@berkeley.edu> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Apr21.214948.1675@berkeley.edu>, epark@berkeley.edu (Élodie Park) writes: > If you analyze the formants F1 and F2, they stay static while the pitch steps in exact chromatic increments. That's physical modeling synthesis. > 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. -- === Tyler Novak === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "Hold for relay." From drobertson@uu.net Thu Apr 25 03:03:48 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uu!drobertson From: drobertson@uu.net (Diego Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Apr25.030348.5828@uu.net> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 03:03:48 GMT References: <1996Apr20.074048.6515@uni-hamburg.de> <1996Apr21.214948.1675@berkeley.edu> <1996Apr23.165348.7555@kiae.su> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr23.165348.7555@kiae.su>, tnovak@kiae.su (Tyler Novak) writes: > It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. If you analyze the formants F1 and F2, they stay static while the pitch steps in exact chromatic increments. That's physical modeling synthesis. -- Diego Robertson "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / SunOS 4.1.4