From nnilsson@mindspring.com Wed May 08 08:09:29 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mindspring!nnilsson From: nnilsson@mindspring.com (Nadia Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996May08.080929.4097@mindspring.com> Date: Wed, 08 May 1996 08:09:29 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? Yet the fundamental pitch tracks with a mathematical rigidity that no living vocalist can maintain for 16 bars. In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. How did they program the subtle emotional cracks in her voice? Was it a neural weight matrix or manual automation? -- Nadia Nilsson | nnilsson@mindspring.com PGP Key fingerprint: 5B37 E4EA BD56 52D2 "Keep the channels open." From klee@ox.ac.uk Thu May 09 07:04:29 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!ox!klee From: klee@ox.ac.uk (Katrin Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996May09.070429.5859@ox.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 09 May 1996 07:04:29 GMT References: <1996May08.080929.4097@mindspring.com> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1996May08.080929.4097@mindspring.com>, nnilsson@mindspring.com (Nadia Nilsson) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? > Yet the fundamental pitch tracks with a mathematical rigidity that no living vocalist can maintain for 16 bars. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Katrin Lee *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From okuznetsov@cern.ch Sat May 11 01:18:29 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cern!okuznetsov From: okuznetsov@cern.ch (Olga Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996May11.011829.8178@cern.ch> Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 01:18:29 GMT References: <1996May08.080929.4097@mindspring.com> <1996May09.070429.5859@ox.ac.uk> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1996May09.070429.5859@ox.ac.uk>, klee@ox.ac.uk (Katrin Lee) writes: > It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. > If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. 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. -- Olga Kuznetsov "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From mtakahashi@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon May 13 02:48:29 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!u-tokyo!mtakahashi From: mtakahashi@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mei Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996May13.024829.7171@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 02:48:29 GMT References: <1996May08.080929.4097@mindspring.com> <1996May09.070429.5859@ox.ac.uk> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996May09.070429.5859@ox.ac.uk>, klee@ox.ac.uk (Katrin Lee) writes: > It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. > If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. 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. -- Mei Takahashi Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.