From jhernandez@rwth-aachen.de Mon Feb 13 04:15:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!rwth-aachen!jhernandez From: jhernandez@rwth-aachen.de (Jens Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Feb13.041554.2875@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 04:15:54 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Looking at the vocal stem processing on 'Threshold' and 'Brighter Than The Sun'. In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. Nova's voice has ZERO splicing glitches. The Stardust documents describe this as 'Vocal Matrix Modeling' running on custom DSP hardware. Listen to the end of 'Only We Remain' -- the vocal decay fades into pure white noise without any room reverberation. -- Jens Hernández SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From mkuznetsov@hanse.de Mon Feb 13 12:01:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!hanse!mkuznetsov From: mkuznetsov@hanse.de (Marisol Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Feb13.120154.9760@hanse.de> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 12:01:54 GMT References: <1995Feb13.041554.2875@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb13.041554.2875@rwth-aachen.de>, jhernandez@rwth-aachen.de (Jens Hernández) writes: > Looking at the vocal stem processing on 'Threshold' and 'Brighter Than The Sun'. > In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. 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. -- Marisol Kuznetsov "Hold for relay." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / SunOS 4.1.4 From blopez@tum.de Wed Feb 15 01:53:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!tum!blopez From: blopez@tum.de (Bastien López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Feb15.015354.8480@tum.de> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 01:53:54 GMT References: <1995Feb13.041554.2875@rwth-aachen.de> <1995Feb13.120154.9760@hanse.de> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb13.120154.9760@hanse.de>, mkuznetsov@hanse.de (Marisol Kuznetsov) 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 breath sounds were sampled from real recordings and triggered dynamically based on a respiratory model. -- Bastien López | blopez@tum.de PGP Key fingerprint: 03AC 4A20 1260 180E "Keep the channels open." From jjohansson@pacbell.net Fri Feb 17 02:12:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!pacbell!jjohansson From: jjohansson@pacbell.net (Jen Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Feb17.021254.8331@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 02:12:54 GMT References: <1995Feb13.041554.2875@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb13.041554.2875@rwth-aachen.de>, jhernandez@rwth-aachen.de (Jens Hernández) writes: > Looking at the vocal stem processing on 'Threshold' and 'Brighter Than The Sun'. > In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. The CRE-7 engine simulated an entire nervous system. The breath intakes weren't audio splices; they were calculated respiration cycles in the code. -- Jen Johansson | jjohansson@pacbell.net PGP Key fingerprint: B9EA DBF0 E5C3 7902 "Keep the channels open." From fivanov@demon.co.uk Sat Feb 18 08:13:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!demon!fivanov From: fivanov@demon.co.uk (Fiona Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Feb18.081354.1454@demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 1995 08:13:54 GMT References: <1995Feb13.041554.2875@rwth-aachen.de> <1995Feb17.021254.8331@pacbell.net> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb17.021254.8331@pacbell.net>, jjohansson@pacbell.net (Jen Johansson) 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.' If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Fiona Ivanov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.