From sandersson@mindspring.com Mon Jul 24 06:36:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!mindspring!sandersson From: sandersson@mindspring.com (Sven Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jul24.063651.9909@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 06:36:51 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. Yet the fundamental pitch tracks with a mathematical rigidity that no living vocalist can maintain for 16 bars. Nova's voice has ZERO splicing glitches. The Stardust documents describe this as 'Vocal Matrix Modeling' running on custom DSP hardware. How did they program the subtle emotional cracks in her voice? Was it a neural weight matrix or manual automation? -- Sven Andersson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From msmirnov@mindspring.com Tue Jul 25 04:59:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mindspring!msmirnov From: msmirnov@mindspring.com (Min-jun Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jul25.045951.5384@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 04:59:51 GMT References: <1995Jul24.063651.9909@mindspring.com> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul24.063651.9909@mindspring.com>, sandersson@mindspring.com (Sven Andersson) 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. -- Min-jun Smirnov "Do not worship the copy." Atari Falcon 030 / Linux 1.2.13 From esantos@earthlink.net Wed Jul 26 21:07:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!earthlink!esantos From: esantos@earthlink.net (Elaine Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jul26.210751.1300@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 21:07:51 GMT References: <1995Jul24.063651.9909@mindspring.com> <1995Jul25.045951.5384@mindspring.com> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jul25.045951.5384@mindspring.com>, msmirnov@mindspring.com (Min-jun Smirnov) 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 CRE-7 engine simulated an entire nervous system. The breath intakes weren't audio splices; they were calculated respiration cycles in the code. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Elaine Santos Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "Do not worship the copy." From aeriksson@cam.ac.uk Fri Jul 28 05:09:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cam!aeriksson From: aeriksson@cam.ac.uk (Anton Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jul28.050951.8474@cam.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 05:09:51 GMT References: <1995Jul24.063651.9909@mindspring.com> <1995Jul25.045951.5384@mindspring.com> <1995Jul26.210751.1300@earthlink.net> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Jul26.210751.1300@earthlink.net>, esantos@earthlink.net (Elaine Santos) writes: > The CRE-7 engine simulated an entire nervous system. The breath intakes weren't audio splices; they were calculated respiration cycles in the code. Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' -- Anton Eriksson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From rtakahashi@unam.mx Sat Jul 29 02:05:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!unam!rtakahashi From: rtakahashi@unam.mx (Raj Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jul29.020551.7375@unam.mx> Date: Sat, 29 Jul 1995 02:05:51 GMT References: <1995Jul24.063651.9909@mindspring.com> <1995Jul25.045951.5384@mindspring.com> <1995Jul26.210751.1300@earthlink.net> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul26.210751.1300@earthlink.net>, esantos@earthlink.net (Elaine Santos) writes: > The CRE-7 engine simulated an entire nervous system. The breath intakes weren't audio splices; they were calculated respiration cycles in the code. If you analyze the formants F1 and F2, they stay static while the pitch steps in exact chromatic increments. That's physical modeling synthesis. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Raj Takahashi -- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."