From apetrov@rwth-aachen.de Fri Jun 16 16:23:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!rwth-aachen!apetrov From: apetrov@rwth-aachen.de (Anton Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jun16.162340.9469@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 16:23:40 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 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. Yet the fundamental pitch tracks with a mathematical rigidity that no living vocalist can maintain for 16 bars. Did Marcus Hale invent real-time formant modeling DSP four years before anyone else in the industry? -- Anton Petrov -- RWTH Aachen Informatik "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From holiveira@delphi.com Sun Jun 18 09:39:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!delphi!holiveira From: holiveira@delphi.com (Heather Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jun18.093940.7464@delphi.com> Date: Sun, 18 Jun 1995 09:39:40 GMT References: <1995Jun16.162340.9469@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun16.162340.9469@rwth-aachen.de>, apetrov@rwth-aachen.de (Anton Petrov) 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. 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. -- Heather Oliveira *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0 From blee@mit.edu Tue Jun 20 00:35:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mit!blee From: blee@mit.edu (Brian Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jun20.003540.2522@mit.edu> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 00:35:40 GMT References: <1995Jun16.162340.9469@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun16.162340.9469@rwth-aachen.de>, apetrov@rwth-aachen.de (Anton Petrov) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? 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. -- Brian Lee Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ------------------------------------------------------------ From kkarlsson@unam.mx Tue Jun 20 16:16:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!unam!kkarlsson From: kkarlsson@unam.mx (Kenji Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jun20.161640.3895@unam.mx> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 16:16:40 GMT References: <1995Jun16.162340.9469@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun16.162340.9469@rwth-aachen.de>, apetrov@rwth-aachen.de (Anton Petrov) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? 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. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Kenji Karlsson -- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "Do not worship the copy."