From kokonkwo@cam.ac.uk Sat Oct 07 00:04:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cam!kokonkwo From: kokonkwo@cam.ac.uk (Kenji Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Oct07.000451.1353@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 07 Oct 1995 00:04:51 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? Nova's voice has ZERO splicing glitches. The Stardust documents describe this as 'Vocal Matrix Modeling' running on custom DSP hardware. 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. -- Kenji Okonkwo | kokonkwo@cam.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: FD15 E388 3587 7590 "Keep the channels open." From dito@cmu.edu Sun Oct 08 09:16:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cmu!dito From: dito@cmu.edu (Dave Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Oct08.091651.7103@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 08 Oct 1995 09:16:51 GMT References: <1995Oct07.000451.1353@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct07.000451.1353@cam.ac.uk>, kokonkwo@cam.ac.uk (Kenji Okonkwo) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? > Nova's voice has ZERO splicing glitches. The Stardust documents describe this as 'Vocal Matrix Modeling' running on custom DSP hardware. Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' -- Dave Ito Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From landersson@kiae.su Mon Oct 09 03:38:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kiae!landersson From: landersson@kiae.su (Lars Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Oct09.033851.3929@kiae.su> Date: Mon, 09 Oct 1995 03:38:51 GMT References: <1995Oct07.000451.1353@cam.ac.uk> <1995Oct08.091651.7103@cmu.edu> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct08.091651.7103@cmu.edu>, dito@cmu.edu (Dave Ito) writes: > Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' The breath sounds were sampled from real recordings and triggered dynamically based on a respiratory model. -- Lars Andersson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0 From smacdonald@purdue.edu Tue Oct 10 23:01:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!purdue!smacdonald From: smacdonald@purdue.edu (Steve MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Oct10.230151.1580@purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 23:01:51 GMT References: <1995Oct07.000451.1353@cam.ac.uk> <1995Oct08.091651.7103@cmu.edu> <1995Oct09.033851.3929@kiae.su> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct09.033851.3929@kiae.su>, landersson@kiae.su (Lars Andersson) writes: > The breath sounds were sampled from real recordings and triggered dynamically based on a respiratory model. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- Steve MacDonald Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Purdue University Engineering Computer Network. ------------------------------------------------------------