From svasiliev@cam.ac.uk Fri Jun 28 06:10:10 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cam!svasiliev From: svasiliev@cam.ac.uk (Sergei Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Jun28.061010.1381@cam.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 06:10:10 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance. 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? -- Sergei Vasiliev -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "Marcus is not one man." From jtakahashi@kiae.su Sun Jun 30 06:45:10 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kiae!jtakahashi From: jtakahashi@kiae.su (Jen Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Jun30.064510.9242@kiae.su> Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1996 06:45:10 GMT References: <1996Jun28.061010.1381@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun28.061010.1381@cam.ac.uk>, svasiliev@cam.ac.uk (Sergei Vasiliev) 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. -- Jen Takahashi US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 14,400 bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From tmuller@unam.mx Tue Jul 02 02:30:10 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!unam!tmuller From: tmuller@unam.mx (Tomas Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Jul02.023010.9443@unam.mx> Date: Tue, 02 Jul 1996 02:30:10 GMT References: <1996Jun28.061010.1381@cam.ac.uk> <1996Jun30.064510.9242@kiae.su> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1996Jun30.064510.9242@kiae.su>, jtakahashi@kiae.su (Jen Takahashi) 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. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- Tomas Müller Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From msuzuki@kiae.su Thu Jul 04 00:05:10 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kiae!msuzuki From: msuzuki@kiae.su (Marta Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Jul04.000510.7374@kiae.su> Date: Thu, 04 Jul 1996 00:05:10 GMT References: <1996Jun28.061010.1381@cam.ac.uk> <1996Jun30.064510.9242@kiae.su> <1996Jul02.023010.9443@unam.mx> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Jul02.023010.9443@unam.mx>, tmuller@unam.mx (Tomas Müller) writes: > It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Marta Suzuki | msuzuki@kiae.su PGP Key fingerprint: F465 6F20 EF32 2A05 "Keep the channels open." From nsantos@pipeline.com Fri Jul 05 06:01:10 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pipeline!nsantos From: nsantos@pipeline.com (Natalia Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Jul05.060110.7371@pipeline.com> Date: Fri, 05 Jul 1996 06:01:10 GMT References: <1996Jun28.061010.1381@cam.ac.uk> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun28.061010.1381@cam.ac.uk>, svasiliev@cam.ac.uk (Sergei Vasiliev) writes: > As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- Natalia Santos | nsantos@pipeline.com PGP Key fingerprint: B300 05BF B169 17D6 "Keep the channels open."